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White-Water, Apple Harvests, And Indian Summer On The Coast Are Among 10 Great Fall National Park Activities

Submitted by NPT Staff on September 3, 2012 - 1:50am
Fall is, in many people's eyes, the best season to enjoy the National Park System. Temperatures are moderating, insects are a thing of the past, forests wrap themselves in dazzling colors, and wildlife is easy to see and often vocal. Here are ten great fall destinations in the park system.

Rare Collection of Civil War Drawings Now on Exhibit—But Don't Delay

Submitted by Jim Burnett on October 3, 2010 - 12:02am
For only the second time in the past 150 years, Civil War buffs have the chance to view a rare collection of original firsthand drawings from that era. The 44 images were made both on and off the battlefield by Joseph Becker and other artist-correspondents, and they're on public display at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in New Hampshire through October 11.

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Adds A Nearly 43-Acre Farm To Its Landscape

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on May 26, 2010 - 1:20am
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site celebrates one of America's greatest sculptors, but that didn't stop the National Park Service from accepting the donation of a nearly 43-acre farm to the site.

National Park Quiz 22: Angels and Saints

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on October 1, 2008 - 3:00am
Quiz 10 on July 9 was “Speak of the Devil.” Fair is fair, so this week we’ll turn the focus in the heavenly direction and deal with angels, saints, and such. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write “The cognitive complexities of the term ‘saint’ render lexical disambiguation extraordinarily challenging” 100 times on the whiteboard.