Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Massachusetts
“[T]he great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” ― Herman Melville The Salem Maritime National…
“[T]he great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” ― Herman Melville The Salem Maritime National…
It’s always a treat to explore a new National Park, and to fit some hiking into an otherwise pretty indulgent trip —…
Top-secret antenna arrays tracked Sputnik. A family of beavers built a dam that created a wetlands area attracting rare birds. And Elizabeth…
Fifteen miles from Washington, D.C., the Potomac River gains speed and power as it cascades 76 feet down in less than a…
George Mason is one of America’s most influential, least recognized Founding Fathers. A Memorial in Washington, D.C., honors this under-appreciated Virginian. George…
The first known African slaves arrived circa 1626 in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, in the area now called Lower Manhattan. …
Florida boasts unique history. And Saint Augustine‘s Castillo de San Marcos reflects much of the originally Spanish colony’s uniqueness. It is the…
Have you ever wondered why the spray of rushing water on your face feels so good? It might be the negative ions. …
Blazing red cannonballs flew through the air across the Niagara River. Four months after the War of 1812 began, British troops at…
The fourth Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York, sits at a spectacular spot on the shore of the Great Lake that shares…
You don’t often see monuments to Benedict Arnold. But Saratoga National Historical Park is one place where such a thing makes sense….
Charleston’s Battery and Rainbow Row faded from view as my travel companion and I sailed aboard the ferry toward Fort Sumter, perched…