Flamingo Gardens, Botanical Collection and Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary

60-acre botanical garden, wildlife sanctuary, and historic 1930s Wray Home.

Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary

This 100-acre ecological sanctuary includes the northernmost naturally occurring stand of bald cypress trees in America. A nature trail features an elevated boardwalk. The Nature Center houses live animals and exhibits. Classes, demonstrations, field trips and special programs are offered ...

First Baptist Church 1898 Sanctuary

This structure represents an adaptation of the Queen Anne style of architecture to local ecclesiastical needs and traditional building materials. Both the stimulus for constructing a new sanctuary and the idea for its basic design are attributed to the Reverend ...

Sanctuary

Perryville

As fighting raged, Union soldiers in Brigadier General William Terrill’s brigade were driven from the ridge and the split rail fence in front of you. Most of these troops had never been in combat. This inexperience sometimes led men and ...

Honcharenko’s Sanctuary

Along the ridge behind this panel lies a 52-acre parcel of historical significance. This farmstead known as “Ukraina” was the home of Ukrainian patriot, writer, and publisher Father Agapius Honcharenko. He and his wife Albina lived here for 43 years ...

A Sense of Sanctuary

A Safe Place for Friendly Competition and Open Discussion for Social Change

From 1909 to 1951, in the days of an unwritten "Jim Crow" segregation policy, the Parks Commission of Baltimore maintained "separate but equal" facilities. Druid Hill became the ...

Christman Sanctuary

in honor of

Mr. & Mrs. W.W. Christman

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"I Give, Bequeath, Devote, Devise,

Shelter to Every Bird That Flies"

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Dedicated by

The Mohawk Valley Hiking Club

June 13, 1931

Marker is on Schoharie Turnpike (County Route 74), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Wildwood Lake Sanctuary

Here at the base of Blue Mountain and within the City of Harrisburg's northern tier lies the 212-acre Wildwood Lake Sanctuary, the last vestige and magnificent preserve of the Susquehanna flood-plain wetlands which at one time were common prior to ...

Christman Sanctuary

The Eastern New York chapter of the Nature Conservancy purchased the original 97 acres of this sanctuary in 1970 from Lansing and Lucille Christman, son and daughter-in-law of the late William W. Christman. William (Will) Christman devoted his lifetime to ...

Short-lived Sanctuary

Thousands of enslaved people fled to the Union lines at Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Some of them found shelter in the "contraband camp" located near here in the shadow of John Brown's Fort. Their freedom and safety were ...