Snowshoe Mountain Resort in West Virginia opened on December 19, 1974, after the area had been logged from the early 1900s to 1960, leaving the mountain barren.
The Idaho Falls Temple Visitors' Center, located near the iconic Idaho Falls Temple, offers an inviting and peaceful space for visitors to learn about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mount Tom State Park is a 231-acre public recreation area located in the towns of Washington, Litchfield, and Morris, Connecticut, and stands as one of the oldest parks in the state's system.
Sandspit Point State Marine Park is a 560-acre coastal preserve at the northeast tip of Fox Island (also called Renard Island) in Resurrection Bay, about 12 miles southeast of Seward, Alaska.
Grayson Highlands State Park covers 4,502 acres in Grayson County, Virginia, near Mount Rogers, the state's highest peak at 5,729 feet, and Whitetop Mountain, offering stunning alpine-like views above 5,000 feet amid grassy balds, rhododendron thickets, spruce-fir forests, and wildflower meadows.
Twin Falls Resort State Park in West Virginia, USA, spans 3,776 acres on a high wooded ridge in Wyoming County near Mullens, named for its twin waterfalls—Foley Falls and Black Fork Falls—about a half-mile apart on Cabin Creek's forks.
Joseph Whidbey State Park is a 112-acre day-use park on Whidbey's Island's west shore in Oak Harbor, Island County, Washington, USA, offering 3,100 feet of shoreline along the Strait of Juan de Fuca with panoramic views of Victoria B.C. and Lopez Island.
The Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state, founded in 1925 by philanthropist Hattie Bishop Speed as a tribute to her husband, James Breckinridge Speed.
Lakeshore State Park in Wisconsin, USA, is a 22-acre urban oasis on Milwaukee's Lake Michigan shoreline, built atop limestone dredged from the city's Deep Tunnel Project and connected to the mainland via trails.
Hunting Island State Park encompasses 5,000 acres of semitropical barrier island 15 miles east of Beaufort, South Carolina, renowned as the state's most visited park drawing over a million annual visitors to its pristine five-mile beaches, maritime forests, saltwater marshes, and abundant wildlife.
The USS Constitution Museum in Boston is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard near the historic USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat, launched in 1797.
The Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Indiana is a nonprofit sanctuary dedicated to rescuing and providing permanent homes for exotic felines that have been abused, abandoned, or are otherwise unwanted.
Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site in Wyoming preserves the location of a U.S. Army fort established in 1866 along the Bozeman Trail to protect settlers traveling to Montana’s gold fields.
Pacific Beach State Park is a compact 17-acre recreation area in Grays Harbor County, Washington, featuring about 2,300 feet of sandy Pacific Ocean beachfront along with access to Joe Creek.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame, located at 400 East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, is an interactive museum and entertainment attraction honoring the history, heritage, and icons of stock car racing, opened on May 11, 2010, after ground was broken in 2007 on a $160 million facility designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
Long Hunter State Park spans about 2,600 acres along the eastern shores of Percy Priest Lake in Hermitage, Tennessee, near Nashville, divided into three main sections—Baker's Grove, Couchville, and Bryant Grove—plus the separate Sellars Farm archaeological site.
