Saratoga National Historic Park

On September 19, 1777, Burgoyne had split up his 7500-man army into three columns to sweep around where he believed the Americans might be. One column of British troops would move west about 2 miles inland and begin to move ...

Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo

The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo, also known as the Royal Presidio Chapel, is a National Historic Landmark located in Monterey California and is the oldest stone building within California.

Father Junipero Serra founded San Carlos Borromeo de Monterey ...

The Portage of the Great Falls

Having discovered a series of waterfalls on a twenty-mile stretch of the Missouri River in present-day Great Falls, Montana, the Corps of Discovery established their base camp, called Lower Portage Camp, and began their preparations for the portage around the ...

Explorers at the Portage

When the Corps of Discovery passed through the site of present-day Great Falls in June 1805 and again in July 1806, grizzly bears, or “white bears” as they were also called, frequented areas along the Missouri River here in the ...

The Great Falls of the Missouri

While wintering with the Hidatsa Indians at Fort Mandan in 1804-1805, the Indians informed Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of waterfalls on the Missouri River. But little did the captains know that those waterfalls would number five in total ...

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center

Embark on your own “voyage of discovery” at the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center in Great Falls, Montana. Operated by the USDA Forest Service, the Center was built in 1998 on the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River, ...

Los Alamos Laboratory Main Gate

Located in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, the main gate to the Los Alamos laboratory served as a barrier protecting United States’ atomic research from the public. During the Second World War, German scientists discovered uranium fission, and the United ...

National Historic Landmark - Manzanar Internment Camp

While many of our national monuments celebrate the tradition of American freedom, the Manzanar National Historic Site serves as a reminder of the fragile nature of our individual civil rights. Located just east of the Sierra Nevada, in the Owens ...

Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Montezume County, Colorado. Mesa Verde National Park is over 81 square miles, located near the Four Corners Monument. The park was dedicated in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt to ...

Navajo National Monument

Navajo National Monument is located within the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The site is composed of three prehistoric cliff dwellings and their surroundings, set into the natural sandstone canyons of the region. The sites are located on the Colorado ...