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2016-07-08 The Otherworldly Beauty of Badlands National Park

In this week’s national parks journey, we explore a unique landscape in the north central United States. The land is…

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2016-06-24 Acadia: An East Coast Treasure

This week on our national parks journey, we are exploring the oldest national park east of the Mississippi River. Much…

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2016-06-24 Stonewall Inn Named LGBT National Monument

The morning after a gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, hundreds of people in New York…

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2016-06-18 Young Traveler Hopes to Visit Every National Park

Many Americans dream of the day they can retire and take a long-awaited road trip across the country. But Mikah…

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2016-06-17 The Untouched Beauty of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Today we are visiting a vast and remote park in the state of Alaska. The park is bigger than the country of Switzerland. It…

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2016-06-10 Yosemite: A Park of Extremes

Today, we visit one of the most famous national parks in America. You can find it high in the Sierra…

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2016-06-03 Everglades National Park: ‘The Liquid Heart of Florida’

Today on our national parks journey, we explore the Everglades in South Florida. When many people think of Florida, images…

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2016-05-27 A Visit with History: Gettysburg National Military Park

This week, we visit a national park that marks one of the most important events in American history. We are…

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2016-05-20 An Underground World: Carlsbad Caverns National Park

This week, we explore a national park -- and UNESCO World Heritage Site -- in the American Southwest. This national…

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2016-05-13 Great Smoky Mountains: America’s Most Popular National Park

Today we visit a national park that stretches across two southern U.S. states -- Tennessee and North Carolina -- and…

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2016-05-06 Life in Death Valley National Park

Today, we visit a place of strange and silent beauty. As beautiful as this place is, its name provides evidence…

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2016-04-29 National Park in New Orleans Celebrates Jazz

Our National Parks journey this week takes us to New Orleans, Louisiana, the city many consider to be the birthplace…

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2016-04-22 The Glacial World of Mount Rainier

This week on our National Parks journey, we travel to America’s mountainous Pacific Northwest. We are exploring Mount Rainier National…

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2016-04-15 Mesa Verde National Park: Protecting an Ancient Culture

EDITOR'S NOTE: This year, the U.S. National Park Service turns 100. American’s 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, formed the National Park…

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2016-04-14 National Park Week Features Free Park Entry

This year, the U.S. National Park Service turns 100. American’s 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, formed the National Park Service in 1916…

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