Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus, Ohio, is a premier horticultural and educational institution that spans about 13 acres and includes the historic John F. Wolfe Palm House dating back to 1895.
Oliver Inlet State Marine Park covers 560 acres at the northern tip of Seymour Canal on Admiralty Island, about 19 miles south of Juneau, Alaska, accessible only by boat or floatplane with a minimum 10-foot tide needed to enter over the rock reef.
Willamette Stone State Heritage Site is a small historic park in Portland's West Hills, Oregon, USA, marking the initial point of the Willamette Meridian and Baseline established in 1851 by Surveyor General John B. Preston.
Erie Bluffs State Park covers 587 acres in Girard and Springfield Townships of Erie County, Pennsylvania, along one mile of pristine Lake Erie shoreline with dramatic 90-foot bluffs, just north of Pennsylvania Route 5 near Lake City, 12 miles west of Erie.
Anderson Lake State Park is a 496-acre day-use recreation area on Washington state's Quimper Peninsula, about seven miles south of Port Townsend in Jefferson County.
Juneau, Alaska, originally inhabited by the Tlingit people, was established as a city following a gold discovery in 1880 by prospectors Joe Juneau and Richard Harris.
The Field Museum in Chicago is one of the world's leading natural history museums, established in 1893 to house the collections from the World's Columbian Exposition and named after its major benefactor, Marshall Field.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often referred to as the Mormon Church, was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in western New York during a time of religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.
Killingly Pond State Park is a 162-acre public recreation area located in Killingly, Connecticut, centered around the 122-acre Killingly Pond, which straddles the state line between Connecticut and Rhode Island.
The Alagnak Wild River in southwestern Alaska is a 64-mile free-flowing river that winds from Kukaklek and Nonvianuk Lakes in Katmai National Park and Preserve to the Kvichak River near Bristol Bay.
The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, offers an engaging blend of museum and aquarium exhibits focused on the culture, history, and wildlife of America's rivers, especially the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
Entry Cove State Marine Park spans 1,200 acres at the northeast corner where Passage Canal meets Port Wells, two miles east of Decision Point in Prince William Sound near Whittier, Alaska, with no road access amid forested lowlands, muskegs, low rocky cliffs, and gravel pocket beaches.
Battle of Carthage State Historic Site in Missouri preserves a 7.4-acre meadow and spring in Carthage where the final clash of the July 5, 1861, Civil War battle occurred—one of the war's first full-scale engagements, preceding Bull Run by 11 days.
The Children’s Museum of Phoenix, located in downtown Phoenix at the historic Monroe School building, opened in 2008 after a group of volunteers founded it in 1998 as the Phoenix Family Museum.
Elfreth's Alley Museum in Philadelphia is located in two historic homes, numbers 124 and 126, on Elfreth's Alley, which is known as the oldest continuously inhabited residential street in the United States dating back to 1703.
