Hollywood Casino & Hotel St. Louis is a vibrant casino resort in Maryland Heights, Missouri, just outside St. Louis, offering over 120,000 square feet of gaming space with around 2,100 slot machines, 70-plus table games, a poker room, and an Asian gaming area.
Roosevelt State Park in Morton, Mississippi, covers 550 acres around the 150-acre Shadow Lake at the edge of Bienville National Forest, offering boating, fishing for bass and catfish, and scenic views from overlooks amid colorful fall foliage.
Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site in Illinois preserves a carefully reconstructed village where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837 during his formative years.
Standing Stone State Park in Overton County, Tennessee, spans 855 acres within the larger 11,000-acre Standing Stone State Forest on the Cumberland Plateau, named for a historic 12-foot sandstone monolith once marking an Indian boundary line now preserved in nearby Monterey.
Kinzua Bridge State Park in Pennsylvania is home to the site of the original Kinzua Bridge, which was built in 1882 as the tallest and longest railroad viaduct of its time, spanning Kinzua Creek.
The Wabasha Street Caves in St. Paul, Minnesota, are a series of manmade sandstone caves carved into the Mississippi River bluff, with origins dating back to the 1800s when the area was mined for silica sand.
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park in Tubac, Arizona, preserves the ruins of San Ignacio de Tubac, Arizona's oldest Spanish presidio established in 1752 to protect nearby silver mining settlements from Apache and Seri raids following the Pima Revolt, marking the first permanent European settlement in what became the state.
James M. Robb – Colorado River State Park is an 890‑acre Colorado state park along the Colorado River in Mesa County near Grand Junction, originally opened in 1994 as Colorado River State Park and renamed in 2005 to honor James M. Robb, a civic leader and parks advocate.
Bricktown in Oklahoma City originated during the 1889 Land Run as a bustling warehouse and distribution hub east of downtown, fueled by five railroads including the Santa Fe line and the North Canadian River, where U.S. Cavalry troops from Fort Reno maintained order amid rapid growth of brick buildings from 1898 to 1930 for wholesalers handling cotton, wheat, and goods.
The Essex County Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey is a well-known zoo set on 20 acres within the South Mountain Reservation, managed by the Essex County Park System.
Molly Stark State Park is a 148-acre wooded retreat in Wilmington, Vermont, along the scenic Molly Stark Byway (Route 9), named for the wife of Revolutionary War General John Stark and opened in 1960.
The International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine, is the world's only museum dedicated to the study of cryptozoology, which focuses on hidden or unknown animals like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Yeti.
The Hollywood Sign, perched on Mount Lee in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, was originally erected in 1923 as an advertisement for a real estate development called Hollywoodland.
Seven Clans Casino in Warroad, Minnesota, is a modern gaming venue owned by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, located along Lake of the Woods near the Canadian border on Highway 11, offering a welcoming northern escape that's 100% smoke-free.
Little Buffalo State Park spans 923 acres in Perry County's Centre and Juniata Townships, Pennsylvania, a mile southwest of Newport along Pennsylvania Route 34, named for Little Buffalo Creek that has drawn people for centuries.
Wilderness State Park is a 10,512‑acre Michigan state park along the Lake Michigan shoreline about 11 miles west of Mackinaw City in Emmet County, near the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula.
Bean Hollow State Beach is a narrow 44-acre stretch of rugged San Mateo County coastline in California, located 17.5 miles south of Half Moon Bay and three miles south of Pescadero along Highway 1, featuring two distinct areas—Pebble Beach with its ocean-polished, colorful stones like agates and jade, and Arroyo de los Frijoles Beach with a sandy cove flanked by rocky tide pools teeming with anemones, crabs, sea urchins, and other marine life.
