The smallest site* in the National Park System, the Thaddeus Kościuszko National Memorial in downtown Philadelphia, honors a Polish freedom fighter who helped American colonists during the ...

If the hip-hop Broadway smash "Hamilton" can reignite interest in the first U.S. treasury secretary, what will it take to drum up interest in another forgotten hero from America's fight for ...

Many of America's greatest national parks have significant connections to the country's founding conflict, the Revolutionary War. From Valley Forge National Historical Park to George Washington's ...

It's a pretty rare experience to have an entire national park to yourself - and even rarer to know that you can see the entirety of the park's diverse landscape from one vantage point. But that was ...

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis — America’s smallest national park and tallest human-built monument — turns 60 on Oct. 28. The Gateway Arch is 75 feet taller than the Washington Monument and over twice ...

There has been a report that the drinking water in California's smallest National Park has turned brown and developed a peculiar smell, according to the San Francisco news outlet SFGATE. "Water ...