Posted inCountry Trails
Wales, the Adventure Paradise You’ll Fall in Love With.
Who knew that once we moved into our van and took off to Wales that we would fall in love with the country so much! We had BIG plans to…
Posted inCountry Trails
Cities to visit on a coast to coast American road trip
Want to see the USA from end to end this summer? While there will be plenty of amazing scenery to take in along the way, make sure you include the…
Posted inIconic Landmarks
Best places for a summer hike in the American Rockies
Best places for a summer hike in the American Rockies Siyeh Pass, Montana Consider yourself a big fan of alpine wildflowers? If so, don’t miss your opportunity to hike Siyeh…
Posted inAmerican Heritage
Alice Paul: “I Was Arrested, Of Course…”
American women won the right to vote in 1920 largely through the controversial efforts of a young Quaker named Alice Paul. She was born in Moorestown, New Jersey, on January…
Posted inAmerican Heritage
Drama at the Old North Bridge
Editor's Note: Rick Atkinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and winner of the prestigious George Washington Book Prize for The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777, in which…
Posted inAmerican Heritage
Introduction: Revisiting Concord and Lexington
Given the importance of April 19, 1775 in our nation’s history, the editors of American Heritage have produced a special issue dedicated to the events of that day. The conflicts in Concord…
Posted inAmerican Heritage
The Forgotten Battle of Menotomy
Editor's Note: Michael Ruderman is an author who frequently lectures on New England history to community groups and historical societies. He earned a degree in history at Harvard College. It was planned…
Posted inIconic Landmarks
Top US lakes for a boat rental adventure
If you are heading to the lakes this summer, then there is nothing quite like a boat rental adventure to really make the trip. After all, why head to such…
Posted inAmerican Heritage
Discovered: First Maps of the American Revolution
I could scarcely believe what I was seeing. Despite generations of research and hundreds of books on the American Revolution, here was a critically important, yet previously undocumented treasure—a detailed…
Posted inIconic Landmarks
Statue of Liberty: Symbol of Freedom
Introduction: More Than Just a Monument Towering 305 feet above New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty is more than an architectural marvel. She is Lady Liberty, a beacon of…