If you’re looking for a drive with jaw-dropping views, head to the Painted Desert Visitor Center off I‑40 exit 311 in northeastern Arizona. The loop road there gives access to colorful badlands and ...

If you’re headed out of Las Vegas, Rhyolite is a must‑see ghost town. Founded in 1905 after Shorty Harris struck gold, it ...

If you want a rugged and epic experience, head to Buckskin Gulch in southern Utah. It’s over 16 miles long and carved deep ...

If you want to escape the crowds this summer, Nebraska’s Sandhills may be just the place for you. Spanning nearly 20,000 ...

Kansas’ prairie grasslands are America’s forgotten treasure. They support a web of wildlife, from bison and prairie-chickens ...

Shutterstock The Supreme Court and Dred Scott v. John Sanford Dred Scott fought for freedom in court after living in free ...

Shutterstock The Cherokee Trail of Tears In 1838-1839, the U.S. government forced about 16,000 Cherokee people to leave their ...

Shutterstock Cane River National Heritage Area The Cane River flows through northwest Louisiana where Caddo Indians once ...

Wikimedia Commons/Abernathy Family The 1965 Selma to Montgomery March About 600 civil rights marchers left Brown Chapel AME ...

Wikimedia Commons/Deisenbe Fort Mose Fort Mose became the first free Black settlement in what is now the United States in ...

Wikimedia Commons/Georgetown Slavery Archive The Georgetown Jesuit Slave Sale of 1838 Maryland Jesuits built farms as early ...

Wikimedia Commons/Davidmccoy1 The Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor The Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor runs 12,000 square miles from South Carolina to Florida. Congress created this protected area in ...