Erie Land Lighthouse The Erie Land Lighthouse, as it is now commonly referred to, was the first commissioned lighthouse along the Great Lakes in the United States. The light was positioned on a cliff overlooking the entrance to Presque Isle Bay, which is now the foot of Lighthouse Street in
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Stonington Lighthouse The Stonington Harbor Light is a historic lighthouse built in 1840 and located on the east side of Stonington Harbor in the Borough of Stonington, Connecticut. It is a well-preserved example of a mid-19th century stone lighthouse. The light was taken out of service in 1889 and the
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Sandstone Falls – New River Gorge National Park The largest waterfall on the New River, Sandstone Falls spans the river where it is 1500 feet wide. Divided by a series of islands, the river drops 10 to 25 feet. Sandstone Falls marks the transition zone of the New River from
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Ponce Inlet Lighthouse The Ponce de Leon Inlet Light is a lighthouse and museum located at Ponce de León Inlet in Central Florida. At 175 feet in height, it is the tallest lighthouse in the state and one of the tallest in the United States. It is located between St.
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Bulow Sugar Plantation Ruins Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park contains the ruins of an ante-bellum plantation and its sugar mill, built of coquina, a fossiliferous sedimentary rock composed of shells. It was the largest plantation in East Florida, and was operated with the forced labor of enslaved Africans and
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Abandoned Longhorn Ammunition Plant The Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, located near Karnack, Texas, was a large-scale producer of munitions during World War II and the Cold War. It primarily manufactured TNT, rocket motors, and pyrotechnic items. The plant operated from 1942 to 1997 and was later designated a Superfund site due to contamination. Today, much of
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Wilderness Park Bamboo Forest Wilderness Park is a 26-plus acre area located on Upper Kingston Road, within the city limits of Prattville Alabama. Wilderness Park/Bamboo Forest in Prattville, Alabama, is notable for its unexpected and lush bamboo forest. This unique park features towering bamboo stalks that reach heights of
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Historic Washington State Park Historic Washington offers insight into a nineteenth century community and a glimpse at the people and events of the Territorial, Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras in Arkansas’s history. The museum village includes historic, public, and private buildings as well as many of Washington’s nineteenth century
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Glade Creek Grist Mill The Glade Creek Grist Mill at Babcock State Park is a new mill that was completed in 1976. Fully operable, this mill was built as a re-creation of a previous one that once ground grain on Glade Creek long before Babcock became a state park.
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Canadian River Wagon Bridge In 1915, Hemphill County contracted to erect a bridge to span the Canadian River. Construction of the Canadian River Wagon Bridge was completed in July, 1916. The bridge was comprised of seventeen 153.5 ft. pin-connected Parker through-truss spans; the dimensions being 16 ft. in width
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