Slate Run features a variety of habitats ranging from the open areas of grasslands, wetlands and meadows to the forested areas of beech, oak, hickory and sugar maple.
Red-winged blackbirds, meadowlarks, indigo bunting, belted kingfishers and numerous other birds and wildlife can be seen at the 156-acre wetlands. More than 70 species of birds have been spotted.
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Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial Washington, District Of Columbia |
Located in Lady Bird Johnson Park on Columbia Island, the Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial |
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Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park Key West, Florida |
Named after 12th president Zachary Taylor, the U. S. |
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Wright’s Chance/Queen Anne’s County Historical Society Centreville, Maryland |
Dating back to the 1700s, Wright's Chance is a Colonial period plantation house. |
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The Powder Magazine Charleston, South Carolina |
Construction began on The Powder Magazine in 1712 and was completed by 1713, making it |
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Del Webb Sun Cities Museum Sun City, Arizona |
The Sun Cities Area Historical Society/Del Webb Sun Cities Museum is dedicated to the p |
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Steamship Historical Society of America East Providence, Rhode Island |
THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA was established in 1935 as a means of bring |
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Tryon Palace New Bern, North Carolina |
Tryon Palace is a modern recreation of the original palace, which served as the royal g |
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Hampton-Preston Mansion & Gardens Columbia, South Carolina |
One of Columbia's oldest remaining historic houses, the Hampton-Preston Mansion was hom |
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Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge, Massachusetts |
Old Sturbridge Village is the largest living history museum in New England, spanning o |
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St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine St. Augustine, Florida |
The story of the first Greek migration to America, occurring in 1768, is retold in St. |
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Boiling Spring Academy Brentwood, Tennessee |
The Boiling Spring Academy is a restored 1830 one room school house located in Primm Hi |
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San Francisco De Asis Mission Church Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico |
San Francisco de Asís Mission Church, c. |
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Fort Clinch State Park Fernandina Beach, Florida |
Although no battles were fought here, the fort was garrisoned during both the Civil and |
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San Marcos De Apalache Historic State Park St. Marks, Florida |
The many different flags welcoming visitors to the park demonstrate the colorful histor |
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Banadero Cave Saipan, |
The Marianas were captured by Japan in 1914 and became a bloody battle ground in World |
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Fort Brown Brownsville, Texas |
The initial fort was an earthen fortification constructed by Taylor's troops and called |
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Fort Mims Stockton, Alabama |
In 1813, people on America’s southwestern frontier were fearful. |
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Pea Ridge National Military Park Garfield, Arkansas |
Pea Ridge is the site of one of the most important battles of the American Civil War. |
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Fort Pulaski National Monument Savannah, Georgia |
The Battle for Fort Pulaski in April 1862 marked a turning |
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Pentagon Barracks Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
The Pentagon Barracks of East Baton Rouge Parish has been won and lost by the Spanish, |
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Constitution Island Highland Falls, New York |
In 1778, less than halfway through the Revolutionary War, the Americans were able to fo |
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Fort Michilimackinac Mackinaw City, Michigan |
Much of this site is geared toward young children. |
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Oatlands Plantation Leesburg, Virginia |
Construction of the estate began in 1803 in the Federal style and surprisingly finished |
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Belle Grove Plantation Middletown, Virginia |
Belle Grove was home to the sister, Nelly Conway Madison, of President James Madison. |
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Laura Plantation Vacherie, Louisiana |
Named by Lonely Planet Travel as the "Best History Tour in the U.S.," the one-hour guid |
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Poplar Grove Plantation Wilmington, North Carolina |
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Ah Tah Thi Ki Museum Big Cypress Indian Reservation, Florida |
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on Big Cyrpess Reservation explore |
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Westmoreland County Historical Society Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
Westmoreland County gets its nickname because for many years it was considered the gate |
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Beall Dawson Historic House Museum Rockville, Maryland |
Though today Rockville, MD, is a bustling suburb of the nation's capital, it was but a |
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Mine Creek Battlefield Pleasanton, Kansas |
On October 25, 1864, approximately 2,800 Union troops attacked and |