Category: National Park
The Other House for the President
The President, of course, lives in the White House. But over the decades, when a president or president-elect has needed another place to stay the…
Opening & Closing the Old Faithful Inn
Depending on where live in the country, you sometimes have to ready your home for the cold winter months. Now image getting a 300-plus room…
Yellowstone by Stagecoach
Today you can take a highway loop to the sites at Yellowstone National Park. In the days before cars, that trip was made in a…
An Inn by the Geysers
In the latter half of the 1800s, explorers and early visitors to what is today Yellowstone National Park were amazed by the area’s geysers –…
Lava Beds National Monument
In this barren stretch of the West, you can find the landscape scarred by the lava from thousands of years ago. Under the surface are…
Catoctin Mountain Park (Part 2)
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Catoctin Mountain Park (Part 1)
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The Wildlife of Denali National Park
Denali National Park is home to North America’s tallest peak and many types of wildlife. Today we venture there for a look at one of…
A Mountain Called Denali
Denali National Park is home to a peak for which the park is named…Denali…which means The Great One. Many people know it as Mt. McKinley…a…
