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Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument

During the Pliocene, this place looked quite different. Lush wetlands, forests, and grasslands provided excellent habitat for a variety of […]

From 1794 to 1966, the U.S. Army presence on Governors Island played a vital role in the social, political, and

Despite the hardships created by rugged isolation and the lack of natural waters, Parashant has a long human history spanning

Travel into the past to discover the present. Explore the partnership between the Grand Portage Anishinaabe and the North West

For thousands of years, groups of nomads used the caves above Cliff Dweller Creek as temporary shelter. In the late

George Washington Birthplace National Monument is located in the Northern Neck of Virginia. It encompasses 551 acres of land where

The young child known as the “Plant Doctor” tended his secret garden while observing the day-to-day operations of a 19th

In 1961, a small interracial band of “Freedom Riders” challenged discriminatory laws requiring separation of the races in interstate travel.

In the ridges of southwest Wyoming are some of the best-preserved fossils in the world. They tell the story of

Known as the first woman to hold a presidential cabinet position and the “Woman behind the New Deal,” Frances Perkins

For centuries, the Oneida Carrying Place, a six-mile portage connecting the Mohawk River and Wood Creek, served as a vital

Exposed to the wind, within a sweeping valley of short grass prairie, and along the eroded Santa Fe Trail, lie