The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, established in 1983 by Dr. Joanne Martin and her late husband Dr. Elmer Martin, is the first wax museum in the United States dedicated to African American history.
The Obed Wild and Scenic River, a National Park Service unit in Cumberland and Morgan Counties on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau, protects 45 miles of free-flowing streams including the Obed River, Clear Creek, Daddy's Creek, and Emory River segments amid deep gorges, sandstone cliffs, and boulder-strewn valleys carved over millennia.
Tenkiller State Park covers 1,190 acres in Sequoyah County near Vian, Oklahoma, USA, adjacent to the 12,900-acre Lake Tenkiller with 130 miles of clear shoreline ideal for water activities.
Daniel Boone National Forest in eastern Kentucky covers over 700,000 acres of rugged terrain that includes steep forested slopes, sandstone cliffs, narrow ravines, and miles of hiking trails.
Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 1762 and named after Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, developed along an early trade route connecting Richmond to the Great Valley.
Paintsville Lake State Park sits in Johnson and Morgan Counties, eastern Kentucky, USA, spanning 242 acres around a stunning 1,139-acre reservoir created in 1983 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from Paint Creek.
Providence Canyon State Park in Lumpkin, Georgia, known as Georgia's Little Grand Canyon, features dramatic gullies up to 150 feet deep with vibrant multicolored soil layers formed primarily by poor 19th-century farming practices that eroded farmland after forest clearing and intensive cotton cultivation by early settlers.
The New Pioneer Hotel & Casino, also known as Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall, is a riverside Old West-themed hotel and casino at 2200 South Casino Drive in Laughlin, Nevada, right on the Colorado River across from Bullhead City, Arizona.
Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site near Evanston, Wyoming, preserves three surviving beehive-shaped limestone kilns—each 30 feet high and wide—built in 1869 by Mormon settler Moses Byrne to produce charcoal from Uinta Mountains timber for Utah's iron smelters and blacksmiths, fueling the railroad-era industrial boom.
West Pollock Recreation Area in north-central South Dakota lies 3 miles southwest of Pollock off SD Highway 1804 at 12905 288th Avenue, offering prime access to Lake Oahe for walleye fishing, boating via ramp, and seasonal hunting for pheasant, grouse, and waterfowl.
The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is an 11-acre urban park adjacent to the Walker Art Center, featuring over 40 permanent and temporary modern sculptures.
