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Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park is located on the southern portion of the island of Key Biscayne and is home to Cape Florida Light, which is said to be the oldest standing structure in the Miami area, except for St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church. The lighthouse was initially built in 1825 and was reconstructed in 1846, according to Florida State Parks, which owns the structure today. In addition, the state park offers ample beach
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The Barnacle Historic State Park

The Barnacle Historic State Park in Coconut Grove was built in 1891 and is the oldest house still standing in its original location in Miami-Dade County. The Barnacle was once the home of Ralph Middleton Munroe, who was not only one of the founders of Coconut Grove but also the founder and Commodore of the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. Furthermore, he was a prominent designer of sailing yachts. The Florida Park Service acquired the remaining
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Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park

Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, located near the southern tip of Key West, Florida. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973. Construction of the fort began in 1845. The fort was built as part of a mid-19th century plan to defend the southeast coast following the War of 1812. Though it has been modified over the years, Fort Zachary Taylor was
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San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site

The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site commemorates the location of the Battle of San Jacinto. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960, the park is located off the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County and is home to the San Jacinto Monument and the USS Texas, a New York-class battleship that launched on May 18, 1912, and served until it was decommissioned on April 21, 1948.
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Custer State Park

Custer State Park includes more than 71,000 acres and is South Dakota’s first and largest state park. The state park and wildlife reserve is home to an assortment of animals, including free-roaming bison and prairie dogs. The park, established in 1912 and named for Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, is famous for Needles Highway and its wildlife loop, offering incredible views of a bison herd and prairie dog towns. In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation
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Lost Dutchman State Park

The 320-acre Lost Dutchman State Park is located near the Superstition Mountains about 40 miles east of Phoenix. The park was first developed as a day use recreation area by the Bureau of Land Management in 1972 and is named for the famed lost gold mine.
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Roosevelt’s Little White House

The Little White House, now a National Historic Landmark, was built by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932 while he served as governor of New York, before his inauguration as president in 1933. He first visited Warm Springs in 1924 in search of a cure for the infantile paralysis (polio) that had affected him in 1921. Although swimming in the 88-degree, buoyant spring waters did not provide a miraculous cure, it did lead to some improvement