Mammoth Cave National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve located in south central Kentucky, recently made headlines for adding 6 miles to the world’s largest cave system, which is now at 426 explored miles.
Source: Road Trips & Recipes: Hidden surprises in Horse Cave, Kentucky
Photo: Diana Caballero Realty
Founded 500 years ago, San Juan’s compact old city is characterized by its spectacular architecture, vibrant colors, buzzing plazas and family-friendly national parks…
Source: Old San Juan Offers Centuries-Old Spanish Colonial Townhouses Minutes From the Modern City
Photo: Theresa Goodrich
Photo: Park Ranger John
Photo: Joshua White
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The City of San Antonio World Heritage Office announced the upcoming seventh annual World Heritage Festival, celebrating the city’s historic missions as the first and only United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in Texas.
Source: City of San Antonio, UNESCO to host 7th Annual World Heritage Festival
Photo: Brian Sirimaturos
The famed architect’s masterpiece, Fallingwater, isn’t the only Wright site that sits in the Laurel Highlands, outside of Pittsburgh.
Source: Love Frank Lloyd Wright? Visit Pennsylvania
After closure during the pandemic and restoration work Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House in Los Angeles will reopen for public tours.
Source: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House reopens to public on August 18
Photo: Amy Ta
The 5,000-square-foot Hollyhock House in East Hollywood was renovated during COVID, and on August 18, it’ll reopen to the public. It’s the first house that Frank Lloyd Wright designed in LA.
Source: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House unites fire, earth, air, water
Photo: San Antonio Business Journal
Photo: Greg Rosalsky
The town of Orick sits just steps away from Redwood National Park. It has prime real estate for recreation and tourism, so why are its motels and restaurants shuttered and its residents impoverished?
Source: The tale of a distressed American town on the doorstep of a natural paradise
Photo: Abby Armato
Abby Armato went to Redwood National and State Parks for the first time. From poisonous plants to the actual height of the trees, here’s what she didn’t expect.
Photo: Yaya Ernst
California offers a number of majestic parks with wonderful trees beyond Yosemite and Sequoia.
Source: Discover California’s Venerable Giant Trees—Without the Crowds
Photo: Win McNamee
Back in high school, Jack used to be picked on for his politics. Now, as a college student, he is banding together with like-minded conservatives to fight back against what they see as the tyranny of “wokeism.”
Source: Young conservatives target ‘wokeism’ on US campuses
Photo: Matt Dahlseid
With gas prices soaring, there are plenty of close sites for Santa Feans to road trip to in Arizona, Colorado and Utah.
Source: Spring is prime time to visit the parks of our Four Corners neighbors
Photo: Sun Gazette
In the sleepy farming community of Cahokia, situated on the Illinois side of the Mississippi it had been a quiet night. In the predawn, villagers were moving about, rekindling cooking fires and preparing to begin their day. But what would happen next would change the course of the ancient heartland forever. It was July 4, 1054 AD.
Source: CAHOKIA: Ancient America’s greatest city
Photo: Wangkun Jia
Photo: Taylor Glenn
Craft classes, sleepovers in historic houses, and other ways families can experience the legendary U.S. architect’s dazzling properties.
Source: Why Frank Lloyd Wright’s playful architecture fuels creativity
Photo: Amanda Mortimer
With a stroke of the pen on March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act into law, creating the first national park in the United States and also the world.
Source: Yellowstone National Park celebrates 150 wild years — and what a history it’s been
Photo: Oleg Klym
This Frank Lloyd Wright-designed temple is on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Source: The Unique Temple In Oak Park Is The Only One Of Its Kind In Illinois
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