Cape Lookout National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore stretches along the southern Outer Banks of North Carolina, protecting 56 miles of underdeveloped barrier islands. It feels wonderfully remote where ocean, dunes and marsh create a landscape that moves with the wind and tide.
The seashore was authorized by Congress in 1966 and officially established in 1976, preserving the fragile barrier island system from development. Its protection ensures that this stretch of coastline remains largely untouched, offering a glimpse of what the Atlantic shore once looked like before resort communities reshaped so much of it.
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Russell Cave National Monument
Long before cities, highways, and even recorded history, people found shelter beneath this massive limestone cave entrance. Russell Cave is one of the most important archaeological sites in the southeastern United States. Evidence found within the cave reveals that people used it as a shelter for nearly 10.000 years. Archaeologists have uncovered thousands of artifacts that […]
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site in Baldwyn, Mississippi, preserves the location of one of the most remarkable Confederate victories of the Civil War. Established as a National Battlefield Site in 1929, this small one-acre park commemorates a battle whose outcome had consequences far beyond the crossroads where it was fought. On June 10, 1864, […]
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
We had the opportunity to explore many parts of Georgia while Erin was attending chiropractic school in Marietta, and one place we visited was Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park near Macon. Preserving traces of more than 12,000 years of human history, the park tells the story of the many peoples who lived along the Ocmulgee […]
