Annmarie Garden Sculpture Parks and Arts Ctr.

Amaze, entertain and educate your senses while strolling through a 30-acre sculpture garden and arts center in scenic Solomons. Annmarie Garden, a Smithsonian Affiliate, contains permanent and loaned works of sculpture. The arts center presents dynamic exhibits, programs, and events.

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American Chestnut Land Trust/North Trail Hd.

Fifteen miles of self-guided serene public hiking trails in two locations (North/South trail heads). Guided hikes are also available from fall through spring. Guided canoe trips offered from spring through fall on beautiful Parkers Creek.

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American Chestnut Land Trust/South Trail Hd.

Fifteen miles of self-guided serene public hiking trails in two locations (North/South trail heads). Guided hikes are also available from fall through spring. Guided canoe trips offered from spring through fall on beautiful Parkers Creek.

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Arthur Storer Planetarium

This unique facility, named after America's first colonial astronomer and childhood friend of Sir Issac Newton, allows visitors of all ages to explore the cosmos. Programs last 30-45 minutes. Seating is limited to 70 and is first-come, first-served. Limited access ...

Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory

Us versus Them!

In 1949, the Soviet Union successfully detonated its first nuclear weapon. American Physicists Ernest O. Lawrence and Edward Teller were both affiliated with the Manhattan Project and supported the creation of a second laboratory to facilitate the ...

The Hollywood Sign

High above the bright lights of a city full of stars, there is a Los Angeles landmark with a conflicted and tragic history.

Originally reading 'Hollywoodland,' Harry Chandler built the Hollywood Sign in 1923 as an advertisement for a real ...

Disneyland

Dreams have come true at Disneyland USA in Anaheim, California for over fifty-five years.

When motion picture producer Walt Disney took his daughters to amusement parks, he was disgusted and bored with his experience. These experiences inspired Disney to purchase ...

Livermore-Amador Valley

In the late eighteenth century, the Natives of the Livermore-Amador Valley were introduced to the Spanish culture when padres decided the valley would be suitable for grazing livestock and building the Mission San Jose. By this time, Spain had already ...

Escambia High School

Escambia High School opened in 1958 as an all-white high school to accommodate the southwestern portion of Escambia county. The school quickly grew in population exceeding enrollment of all other county schools with over 2000 students within Escambia's first five ...

Battle of Santa Rosa Island

In the early morning hours of October 9th, 1861, 1,200 confederate soldiers made their way across Pensacola Bay intent on capturing Union held Fort Pickens on the Western tip of Santa Rosa Island. This attack marked a culmination of tensions ...