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VIDEO: Prehistoric Art Of Panther Cave Reproduced In 3D
Mar 10th, 2013 at 2:00PM:
Panther Cave in Seminole Canyon, Texas, has some of the country's best-preserved prehistoric cave paintings. A colorful frieze of leaping panthers, feathered shamans and strange abstract shapes have puzzled researchers for decades. It appears to be telling a story of some sort, but what does that story say?
Now this new 3D video allows you to study it for yourself. Color enhancement brings ...
Adventure Guide 2013: Portland, Oregon
Feb 10th, 2013 at 11:00AM:
"Portlandia" might lead you to believe that Portland is home only to tattooed baristas with the occasional mustache, but it's also an epicenter for outdoor activity; every Portlander has his or her activity of choice, and with so many outdoor activities easily accessible, it isn't difficult to get a taste of the attitude that keeps this city alive. Nearby Sauvie Island is popular with ...Happy 100th: 15 Places To Celebrate Centennials In 2013
Jan 18th, 2013 at 2:00PM:
A new year isn't just the time to look ahead, it's also the time to look back and commemorate. 2013 marks plenty of centennials, from the birth of civil rights activists to metro lines. Here is your chance to not only explore new destinations, but also learn a little bit about the past with a list of places that all have something worth celebrating this year.
If you're looking to help ...Damnation Creek: Hiking Old-Growth To Ocean In Redwood National Park
Aug 22nd, 2012 at 10:00AM: There are few places on earth I love more than Redwoods National Park, located 325 miles north of San Francisco. Growing up, we used to drive up the coast every summer, and a few nights camping in the redwoods was always on the itinerary.
The Redwoods are actually several parks within the national and state system, all of which are managed cooperatively by the National Park Service and ...Video: Old West Ghost Town Of Bodie, California
Aug 15th, 2012 at 1:00PM:
Here's a double dose of American nostalgia for you. Back in the 1950s, Maxwell House coffee had an "American Scene" series of TV shorts. This episode takes us to the ghost town of Bodie, California.
Gold was discovered in Bodie in 1859 and soon it became a boomtown with more than a dozen large mines and countless smaller claims. Some $80 million in gold was extracted from the surrounding ...
Archaeologists Uncover Suburb Of Giant Largest Prehistoric City
Jun 3rd, 2012 at 11:00AM:
The ancient city of Cahokia in Illinois was the center of an advanced civilization from about 700 to 1400 A.D. Covering six square miles and home to up to 20,000 people, it was the largest prehistoric city north of Mexico. It ruled over a large area and had trade networks stretching across North America.
Dozens of mounds dot the site, atop which the people built temples and homes for the ...Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass to be reenacted in New Mexico
Mar 21st, 2012 at 2:30PM:
The Battle of Glorieta Pass, the most important battle of the Civil War in the Southwest, will be reenacted this weekend in New Mexico.
This important battle took place on March 26 and 28, 1862, but the reenactment will take place on the weekend of March 24 and 25. A Confederate army under General Henry Hopkins Sibley had marched out of Texas to take what was then the New Mexico Territory. ...Boat ride through forgotten Florida at Wakulla Springs State Park
Jan 13th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
Most people who visit Wakulla Springs go for the gators. Still others want to check out where Johnny Weissmuller swung through the "jungle" as Tarzan in the 1930s and 40s or the dark, swampy thicket where the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" was said to lurk. Above all, travelers come to see the pristine tangled wilderness that is becoming rarer to find as Florida develops.
This is Wakulla ...Oh Ranger! ParkFinder guides you to public parkland
Jan 9th, 2012 at 2:00PM: I often forget the amazing wealth of national parks, hiking trails and historic sites within easy access of my home. For instance, did you know there's 260 sites within 100 miles of Brooklyn, NY? In fact, iPhone users can now find out for themselves just how many great outdoor sites are near their hometown using a great smartphone app called Oh Ranger! ParkFinder.
The American Park Network, a ...Why Plymouth Rock Is New England's Biggest Tourist Trap
Jun 29th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
Have you ever been to a tourist trap? A scam of a site, something over-hyped and talked about until it can't possibly be worth it? The sort of thing you walk up to, snap a photo of and curse as you walk back to your car?
I saw one just the other day. It was Plymouth Rock, the lump of granite that supposedly marks the spot where a ragged band of English religious refugees washed up on ...The Secret Lost World of New York's Finger Lakes
Jun 17th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
The funny thing about road trips is that you end up spending a lot of time behind the wheel of your car. There's always another city to get to, asphalt to be consumed, another waypoint to hit. So by the time I pulled into Watkins Glen, a small town in New York's Finger Lakes region, I was ready to get out and stretch my legs.
Fortunately, the village is home to one of the coolest state ...Remembering the Confederate dead
Dec 8th, 2010 at 11:00AM: Next year marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. As state and local planning committees gear up for a host of events, a quiet spot in western Missouri has been commemorating the war for more than a century.
The Confederate Memorial State Historic Site in Higginsville, 53 miles east of Kansas City, opened as a retirement home for Confederate veterans in 1891. More than 1,600 ...Frank James and the Civil War Battle of the Hemp Bales
Nov 26th, 2010 at 2:30PM:
Jesse James must have been jealous of his older brother Frank. Jesse was only 13 when the Civil War started. Frank was 18, the perfect age to go off to war. Coming from a slave-owning farm family Frank naturally joined the Confederate army.
Many Missourians, especially city dwellers and the large German immigrant community, remained loyal to the North, while the majority of rural farmers ...Top state parks in each state offer options for seeing native wildlife
Nov 9th, 2009 at 7:30PM: If you want to find out which are the best state parks from the point of view of the director of each state park system, check out The Best of the Best State Parks at About.com
Darren Smith sent out a request to each director for his or her top choice. Because many directors turned in more than one offering, Smith included all suggestions. As he points out, a park that's best for birdwatching may ...Forgot your tent? Rent a yurt
Nov 18th, 2008 at 10:30AM: Want to find the biggest collection of yurts outside of Mongolia? Head to Oregon's state parks. Since the early 1990s, the state park system has installed 190 yurts in its campgrounds. 170 of those are in coastal areas where the weather can get nasty, especially during the winter. The sturdy, circular, canvas-covered structures provide a more comfortable experience than the average tent. Rental ...Big Bone Lick State Park
Nov 3rd, 2008 at 3:00PM: Who names these parks? There's me, road tripping through Indiana, minding my own business, when bam! I'm at some park called Big Bone Lick. Technically located in Kentucky, Big Bone Lick calls itself "the birthplace of American paleontology." I didn't know American paleontology was into that! Apparently, they found pleistocene megafauna fossils there. Yeah, I don't know what that means either, but ...Idaho State Parks Plug In
Aug 4th, 2008 at 11:30AM: Idaho State Parks are seeking to redefine camping. The places where Ernest Hemingway used to pitch his tent and cast his fly rod is going wireless. At least, some of them are. Park officials are looking closely at an experimental program that currently connects five state parks to the internet. The parks in question are Bruneau Dunes, Harriman, Henrys Lake and Ponderosa. So far feedback has been ...Hidden Gems: Key West, Florida
Apr 4th, 2006 at 1:57PM: On an island that measures roughly four miles by two miles, it's hard for anything to really be called
"hidden." Still, there are places in Key West that are a little quieter, a little less likely to show up on
the average tourist's radar. As someone born and raised in Key West, these are the spots I always recommend to my
friends when they visit. Being a foodie at heart, Five ...
