UNESCO World Heritage Site- Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam

The Minaret of Jam probably marks the site of the ancient city of Firuzkuh, the capital of the Ghurid dynasty that ruled Afghanistan and parts of northern India, from Kashgar to the Persian Gulf, in the 12th and 13th centuries. ...

Old Faithful, Riverside, and Grand Geysers

The Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, has the largest concentration of geysers and other geothermal features in the world, including Old Faithful, Riverside Geyser, Grand Geyser, and Morning Glory Pool.

John Coulter sent back the first published account ...

Norris Geyser Basin

The Norris Geyser Basin is one of the most unique areas of Yellowstone National Park. This basin, named for one of the early superintendents of Yellowstone, lies along three fault lines making it incredibly changeable in addition to being the ...

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is North America’s first National Forest. On March 1 1872, President Ulysses S Grant signed a bill making Yellowstone the first federally protected landmass in the United States. The park boundaries span an area larger than the ...

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is North America’s first National Forest. On March 1 1872, President Ulysses S Grant signed a bill making Yellowstone the first federally protected landmass in the United States. The park boundaries span an area larger than the ...

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is North America’s first National Forest. On March 1 1872, President Ulysses S Grant signed a bill making Yellowstone the first federally protected landmass in the United States. The park boundaries span an area larger than the ...

N.P. Dodge Memorial Park

Today N. P. Dodge Memorial Park might appear simply to be land set aside in Omaha, Nebraska for ball fields, water sports, and camping, but the area has a deeper history. About two months after their journey began, Lewis and ...

Sacajawea State Park

The Sacajawea State Park is located on 284 acres at the convergence of Columbia and Snake Rivers in Pasco, Washington. The park is named after the Shoshone woman who acted as guide during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The area ...

Lewis and Clark State Park

On the 4th of July of 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition stopped at an oxbow lake created by the Missouri River in present day Rushville, Missouri. The explorers dubbed it Gosling Lake due to the number of young waterfowl ...

Grand Teton National Park

The Lewis and Clark expedition launched seventy years of scientific survey expeditions across the United States. Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the location of Grand Teton National Park, was first explored in 1860. In 1853, Congress saw a need for a transcontinental ...