Sonoita Creek State Natural Area in Santa Cruz County, southern Arizona near Patagonia Lake State Park, spans nearly 10,000 acres of rare perennial riparian corridor along lower Sonoita Creek, a tributary of the Santa Cruz River flowing through lush cottonwood-willow forests, mesquite bosque, and surrounding grasslands flanked by the Patagonia and Santa Rita Mountains.
The Downs Racetrack & Casino is a lively entertainment racino located at 145 Louisiana Blvd NE in Albuquerque, New Mexico, blending historic horse racing with modern gaming since its origins in 1938.
The Gangster Museum of America, located in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, opened in 2008 as a fascinating and educational museum dedicated to the city's unique history as a haven for gangsters, illegal gambling, and bootlegging from the 1920s to 1940s.
The Talimena National Scenic Byway stretches 54 miles along Oklahoma State Highway 1 and Arkansas Highway 88 from Talihina, Oklahoma, to Mena, Arkansas, winding atop the Winding Stair and Rich Mountains in the Ouachita National Forest as the highest peaks between the Appalachians and Rockies, offering 22 vista pullouts with sweeping panoramas of old-growth forests, rocky ridges, and hazy valleys peaking at 2,681 feet.
Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City is a Native American casino owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, located at 68960 E Palm Canyon Drive in downtown Cathedral City, California, at the northwest corner of East Palm Canyon Drive and Date Palm Drive.
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort and Spa, owned by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, is located on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon near the Warm Springs River, about 100 miles southeast of Portland, renowned for its natural hot springs used historically by tribes for healing.
The Mount Vernon Trail is an 18-mile paved multi-use trail in Northern Virginia that runs along the George Washington Memorial Parkway from Theodore Roosevelt Island near Rosslyn to George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate.
Whitefish, Montana, was founded in the late 1800s following the arrival of the Great Northern Railway and was originally known as Stumptown due to the many tree stumps left after logging to clear land for the railroad and town.
Quinebaug Lake State Park spans 181 acres in Killingly, Connecticut, centered around the 88-acre Wauregan Reservoir, also known as Quinebaug Lake, a natural body deepened by a dam on Quinebaug Brook.
Varden Conservation Area Tannery Tract in Lake Ariel, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, forms part of the 444-acre Varden Conservation Area donated in 2001 by veterinarian Dr. Mead Shaffer to preserve forests, meadows, wetlands, and ponds for public recreation and environmental education.
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is a 2,700‑ to 2,800‑acre protected area on the south shore of Cape Cod, in the towns of Falmouth and Mashpee, Massachusetts, where fresh water from rivers and groundwater mixes with salty ocean water to form a shallow bay ecosystem.
The Idaho Museum of Natural History, located on the Idaho State University campus in Pocatello, was founded in 1934 and serves as the official state natural history museum.
New Glarus Woods State Park covers 435 acres of rolling hills blending forest and prairie in Green County, Wisconsin, just south of New Glarus village along County Highway NN.
Jenness Beach in Rye, New Hampshire, is a small, quiet oceanfront state park featuring about a half-mile of soft sandy beach ideal for swimming, picnicking, and beginner surfing.
Jones Gap State Park spans nearly 4,000 acres in northern Greenville County, South Carolina, near Marietta, forming part of the 17,000-acre Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area with neighboring Caesars Head State Park along the Blue Ridge Escarpment.
Quaddick State Park covers 203 acres around Middle Quaddick Reservoir in Thompson, Connecticut, drawing visitors for its sandy beach, swimming, boating, fishing, picnicking, and a 1.5-mile hiking loop trail.
