Ghost Ranch in north-central New Mexico near Abiquiú is a 21,000-acre retreat and education center owned by the Presbyterian Church, renowned for its dramatic red rock canyons, dinosaur fossil sites from the Triassic period, and as the summer home and painting inspiration for Georgia O'Keeffe starting in the 1930s.
Sycamore State Park covers 2,384 acres of meadows, woodlots, ponds, and second-growth forests along Wolf Creek in Montgomery County, western Ohio, just west of Dayton near Trotwood, creating a peaceful oasis amid surrounding farmlands.
Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site in Columbia, Missouri, preserves the graves of over 40 descendants of early settler George Jewell, including notable figures like Missouri's 22nd governor Charles Hardin, who served from 1875 to 1877, and educator William Jewell, who helped found a college in Liberty bearing his name.
St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 in New Orleans, consecrated in 1823 and located in the Faubourg Tremé neighborhood, is the city’s second oldest cemetery featuring distinctive above-ground tombs and elaborate 19th-century marble monuments.
Harrison Bay State Park, Tennessee's first state park established in 1937, covers 1,200 acres along 40 miles of Chickamauga Lake shoreline near Harrison, just north of Chattanooga.
The Chicago Riverwalk in Illinois is a 1.25-mile pedestrian-friendly urban waterfront area along the south bank of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, stretching from Lake Michigan to Lake Street.
Lake Pueblo State Park is a large Colorado state park of nearly 10,000 acres located just west of the city of Pueblo, built around the 4,600‑acre Pueblo Reservoir on the Arkansas River.
Martha's Vineyard Fast Ferry is a ferry service operating from Quonset Point in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, to Martha's Vineyard, offering a convenient and time-saving alternative to traditional routes through Cape Cod.
Jamaica State Park spans 772 acres along the West River in Jamaica, Vermont, offering camping, swimming in scenic holes, boating, fishing, and hiking trails to highlights like the stunning 125-foot Hamilton Falls and rugged overlooks.
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park in Homosassa, Florida, preserves the remnants of a massive 5,000-acre antebellum sugar plantation owned by David Levy Yulee, Florida's first U.S. senator, where enslaved African Americans labored to process sugarcane into syrup, molasses, and rum from 1851 to 1864.
Colorado Bend State Park is a 5,328‑acre Texas state park located in the Hill Country along the Colorado River, mostly in San Saba County west of the town of Bend and near the reservoir Lake Buchanan.
The Willamette Valley in northwestern Oregon stretches 150 miles between the Cascade Range to the east and Oregon Coast Range to the west, forming a broad alluvial lowland carved by the 187-mile Willamette River that flows northward to join the Columbia River near Portland, with its fertile soils derived from massive Ice Age floods from glacial Lake Missoula that deposited up to a half-mile of volcanic and glacial silt across the basin up to 13,000 years ago.
Little River Canyon National Preserve in Alabama, established in 1992, protects over 15,000 acres of one of the Southeast's deepest and most scenic canyons formed by the Little River flowing atop Lookout Mountain.
Shady Creek Winery is a family-owned winery located in Michigan City, Indiana, known for producing a wide variety of wines made from grapes sourced both locally in Michigan and from California’s renowned growing regions.
Clementon Park and Splash World in New Jersey is one of the oldest operating amusement parks in the United States, founded in 1907 by Civil War veteran Theodore B. Gibbs and his sons.
Seven Birches Winery in Lincoln, New Hampshire, at RiverWalk Resort near Loon Mountain, produces European-style wines from hybrid grapes grown on its 528-vine backyard vineyard and fruits sourced locally and worldwide, including classics, fruit wines, and the Rhythm Cider brand launched in 2020.
