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Blue Ridge

(Encyclopedia) Blue Ridge, eastern range of the Appalachian Mts., extending south from S Pa. to N Ga.; highest mountains in the E United States. Mt. Mitchell, 6,684 ft (2,037 m) high, is the tallest…

America's Most Endangered Places 2010

Metropolitan AME Church in Washington D.C. is among American sites most at risk by Dana J. Quigley America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2009America's Most Endangered…

National Lakeshores

Name and location Total acreageApostle Islands (Wis.) 69,371.89Indiana Dunes (Ind.) 15,044.47Pictured Rocks (Mich.) 73,235.53Sleeping Bear Dunes (Mich.) 71,194.71ParkwaysThe National Park…

National Seashores

Name and location Total acreageAssateague Island (Md.-Va.) 39,733.43Canaveral (Fla.) 57,661.69Cape Cod (Mass.) 43,604.94Cape Hatteras (N.C.) 30,321.46Cape Lookout (N.C.) 28,243.36Cumberland…

US Geographical Landmarks

National Reserves National Preserves National Monuments National Historical Parks Ten Most Visited National Parks America's Most Endangered Places 2005 America's Most…

America's 25 Worst Highway Bottlenecks, 2012

Each year, the Daily Beast compiles a list of the country's worst bottlenecks using data supplied by INRIX, a traffic tracking and analyzing company. Their Traffic Index collects data from 100…

Sara Teasedale: A Winter Bluejay

A Winter BluejayCrisply the bright snow whispered, Crunching beneath our feet; Behind us as we walked along the parkway, Our shadows danced, Fantastic shapes in vivid blue. Across the lake…

U.S. Societies & Associations (I)

Illustrators, Society of (1901): 128 E. 63rd St., New York, N.Y. 10021. 865. Phone: (212) 838-2560. www.societyillustrators.org. Industrial Engineers, Institute of (1948): 3577 Parkway Lane, Ste.…