Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack, located on Wheeling Island in West Virginia, began as Wheeling Downs, a thoroughbred horse race track, in 1937.
The Paw Paw Tunnel in Maryland is a 3,118-foot-long canal tunnel built on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to bypass a winding six-mile section of the Potomac River called the Paw Paw Bends.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a scenic 469-mile route that runs mostly along the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian range, connecting Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina.
The World Bird Sanctuary in Missouri, founded in 1977 by Walter C. Crawford Jr., is dedicated to protecting and preserving birds and their habitats through conservation, rehabilitation, and education.
The Dallas Zoo in Texas, established in 1888, is the oldest and largest zoological park in the state, located about three miles south of downtown Dallas in Marsalis Park.
Ybor City Museum State Park in Tampa, Florida, preserves the vibrant history of Ybor City, once known as the Cigar Capital of the World, founded by Don Vicente Martinez Ybor in 1886.
Nicodemus National Historic Site in Kansas preserves the only remaining town west of the Mississippi River that was established by African Americans during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War.
Maud Williamson State Recreation Site is a 24-acre day-use park in Yamhill County, Oregon, USA, at the intersection of Oregon Route 221 and Route 153 near Wheatland, across from Wheatland Road leading to the historic Wheatland Ferry.
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Oklahoma's official state natural history museum on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, opened its current 198,000-square-foot facility in 2000 after origins dating back to 1899, housing over 10 million specimens across 12 collections that span more than 4 billion years of the state's natural and cultural past.
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site near Cheyenne in western Oklahoma preserves the grassy river valley where, on November 27, 1868, Lt. Col. George A. Custer and the 7th U.S.
Hollywood Casino and Hotel Lawrenceburg, located in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, near the Ohio River, is a vibrant destination offering over 1,300 slot machines and 62 table games.
Goodale State Park, located near Camden in South Carolina, covers 763 acres centered around a 140-acre Civil War-era mill pond surrounded by ancient cypress trees.
Dodge City, Kansas, was founded in 1872 near Fort Dodge on the Santa Fe Trail and quickly grew into a bustling frontier town known for its role in the American cattle trade.
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado protects the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising up to 750 feet and covering around 30 square miles.
The Minidoka National Historic Site in Idaho preserves the former Minidoka War Relocation Center, where over 13,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly incarcerated during World War II from 1942 to 1946.
Goliad State Park and Historic Site covers about 188 to 276 acres along the San Antonio River just south of Goliad in Goliad County, Texas, established in the 1930s with land donations from the city and county, transferred to state control in 1949, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Upper Cataract Falls is a waterfall located in the Cataract Falls State Recreation Area in Owen County, Indiana. It is part of the largest waterfall by volume in the state and consists of a series of drops with a total height of about 45 feet.
