In the previous post I covered the National Parks we visited in 2024, but we also visited many National Monuments and other National Park Service units, plus state parks, museums, and such. So this post summarizes those.

Again, you can also see the attractions from 2023, from 2022, and from 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the park category (with earliest or latest posts at the top), and the museum category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).

Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida:

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Florida:

Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center in Florida:

Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park in Florida:

Island ‘Ting with Sebago Watersports in Florida:

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida:

World of Coca‑Cola museum in Atlanta, Georgia:

Myrtle Beach State Park beach in South Carolina:

Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina:

Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina:

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in North Carolina:

The Birthplace of Pepsi in New Bern, North Carolina:

Colonial National Historical Park: Yorktown in Virginia:

Colonial National Historical Park: Jamestown in Virginia:

Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia:

Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland and Virginia:

Blue Ridge Parkway north end in Virginia:

Manassas National Battlefield Park in Manassas, Virginia:

Gettysburg National Military Park: museum and visitor center in Pennsylvania:

Gettysburg National Military Park: memorials and cemetery in Pennsylvania:

DC monuments by night tour in Washington, DC:

Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, DC:

Smithsonian American History Museum in Washington, DC:

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia:

Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland:

Blue Ridge Parkway south end in North Carolina:

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park in Kentucky:

Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois:

Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village National Historic Landmark in Mitchell, South Dakota:

Legion Lake in Custer State Park, South Dakota:

Iron Mountain Road, Needles Highway, Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park, South Dakota:

Mount Coolidge, Wind Cave National Park, Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park, South Dakota:

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana:

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park in Santa Clarita, California:

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert, California:

Museum of History in Granite in California:

Fort Davis National Historic Site in Texas:

Galveston Island State Park beach in Galveston, Texas (post coming in January; this link won’t work until then):

River Bottomland Hardwood Trail hike in Springfield, Louisiana (post coming in January; this link won’t work until then):

Some fascinating places.