Have you ever gotten a postcard from a national park? Chances are the picture that comes to mind is the powerful eruption of Old Faithful spouting up in Yellowstone or the rocky depths of the Grand Canyon.

An absolutely fascinating tale of the actual bus that Rosa Parks was riding in that sparked the Civil Rights Movement. Information on the quest to restore this bus is shared.

This EEK! site (Environment Education for Kids) provides a great article on exactly what a park naturalist does.

This site tells the story of Rosa Parks but also the story of the bus and what happened to it and with it through the years.

Overview of Ecuador's Podocarpus National Park. This park has an extremely large number of bird species, 600 species recorded so far and many more on the way.

Provides information on Rosa Parks, a "black American civil rights activist" who refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man.

This site provides links to the 26 national parks and 11 natural monuments in Venezuela. Each national park and natural monument has a brief description.

Read about the fifty-year history of Mobile's USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park.

Harper's Magazine declared in 1862 that Central Park was "the finest work of art ever executed in this country". Read about the history of Central Park, the design process, and view pictures.

"In Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park", hundreds of characters from 400 years of Mexican history gather for a stroll through Mexico City's largest park. View pictures of this Diego Rivera painting and read about the...

Provides a short biography and fact sheet of interesting details about the life, times and history of Rosa Parks.

Explore the volcanic processes that occur in the National Parks by visiting links found on the page to learn more about volcanoes.

An article discussing how the National Parks Service uses the soil program to manage soil sustainability. Learn how maintaining the soil is key to protect many other areas in the National Park Services.

This site from the National Park Service details John White and the colony of Roanoke.

Learn about what lies beneath some of our National Parks in this article about caves and karst.

Discover facts and interesting information about the history and construction of Central Park, Manhattan, New York.

A description of Acadia National Park.

A summary of the people and events that enacted the successful civil rights movement of the 1960s, well-organized and includes many photos.

Read about the various Native American tribes encountered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

The story of Haym Salomon is critical to studying how the American side of the Revolutionary War was financed. His ability to manage and earn monies were his strong suit, although he was also recognized for bringing on many new members...

A history of Yellowstone National Park.

See why public lands are absolutely essential for effective bird conservation.

Rosa Parks started a revolution by refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Read about the Montgomery bus boycott, and see how the nonviolent actions of supporters of the Civil Rights movement succeeded in using the boycott to inspire more...

The "Breadbasket of the Confederacy", the Shenandoah Valley, depended on the rail lines to distribute food to both the troops and the civil population of the South. Read about the economic war that was waged hand in hand with the...