Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, waged from March 29 to July 4, 1863. The park, located in Vicksburg, Mississippi (flanking the Mississippi River), also commemorates the greater Vicksburg Campaign which led up to the battle. Reconstructed
Fort Frederica Walk beneath moss-draped live oaks and use your imagination to travel back in time as you explore the archeological remains of Fort Frederica. Once a thriving British town and fort founded in 1736 by General James Edward Oglethorpe, Fort Frederica was designed to defend the northern colonies against
Caddo Lake Caddo Lake is a truly unique photography destination. Bald cypress trees draped with Spanish moss tower over the maze of bayous, sloughs and ponds of Caddo Lake. Caddo Lake (French: Lac Caddo) is a 25,400-acre lake and bayou (wetland) on the border between Texas and Louisiana. The lake
Abandoned Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad The Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad was a forest railway built to transfer pulpwood between drainage basins in the Maine North Woods. The railroad operated only a few years in a location so remote the steam locomotives were never scrapped and remain
Moonshiners Cave No one really knows if moonshine was every actually made at moonshiners cave, but the name comes from legend that says it was. This is not actually a cave, but a bluff shelter with a rock wall that was probably constructed in 1905, a date and initials that
Old Car City Old Car City in White, Georgia contains the worlds largest known classic car junkyard. Visitors enjoy the beautiful vegetation of the deep south that is intertwined with the hundreds of cars that reside in Old Car City. Old Car City started as a small general store in
Alfred Reagan Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park The Alfred Reagan grist mill was probably built around 1900. We must assume the builder was Alfred Reagan. The grist mill was a turbine or “tub” mill, the most common type found in the mountains. Water was channeled to strike a primitive
Jolly Mill Jolly Mill was built on Capps Creek at Jollification, Berwick Township, Newton County, Missouri, United States in 1848 by Thomas Isbell and his son John to serve as a whiskey distillery. Jolly Mill was named for the local Jolly family. The mill also served as a grist mill,
Clingmans Dome Great Smoky Mountain National Park At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is the highest point in Tennessee, and the third highest mountain east of the Mississippi. Only Mt. Mitchell (6,684 feet) and Mt. Craig (6,647), both located
Fort Mantanzas National Monument Fort Matanzas National Monument was designated a United States National Monument on October 15, 1924. The monument consists of a 1740 Spanish fort called Fort Matanzas, and about 100 acres of salt marsh and barrier islands along the Matanzas River on the northern Atlantic coast of
