By George Grow
10 February, 2017
American Mikah Meyer has an unusual goal. He wants to visit all of the more than 400 properties operated by the National Park

The U.S. National Park Service has been celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016.

By Phil Dierking
23 December, 2016
This week in our national parks journey, we explore a vast area with mountains, beaches, forests, and glaciers. The area's

The state of Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. Our national park this week protects four major ones. The National Park Service says water is the foundation of this wild and remote place.

This week on our national parks journey, we travel to the southwestern state of Arizona. There, we find a strange and colorful landscape. Yellow, red, and even purple rocks and sand cover the hilly earth. Huge pieces of ancient trees twist in unusual ways

By Dorothy Gundy
02 December, 2016
This week on our national parks journey, we leave the United States mainland and travel down to the Caribbean. There, you w

By Phil Dierking
25 November, 2016
This week in our travels through America's national parks, we revisit the state of Alaska. The northernmost state is home

By VOA
18 November, 2016
The state of Utah is home to five major national parks. They are among the most famous parks in the United States.
This week, our nat

By Ashley Thompson
04 November, 2016
This week on our national parks journey, we head to southern Florida.
Here, you will find blue-green seas, marine wildlif

By Ashley Thompson
28 October, 2016
This week on our national parks journey, we head to the southeastern state of Kentucky. Here you will find rolling hills a

By Ashley Thompson
21 October, 2016
Today we are visiting a vast and remote park in the state of Alaska. The park is bigger than the country of Switzerland. I

By Ashley Thompson
14 October, 2016
This week on our national parks journey, we travel to Utah. The western state is home to several of the most popular natio

By Ashley Thompson07 October, 2016
Our national parks journey this week takes us to the western state of Colorado. There, you will find a 77-kilometer-long cany

By Dorothy Gundy
30 September, 2016
This week on our National Park series we travel to a dramatic western landscape in Wyoming. The area's huge mountains ris

By Ashley Thompson
23 September, 2016
Sometimes a visit to a national park means hiking rugged trails and climbing high mountains. Other times it means crawli

By Ashley Thompson16 September, 2016
This week on our national parks journey, we explore a remote island near Michigan's border with Canada. It sits within a h

By Ashley Thompson09 September, 2016
This week on our national parks journey, we visit a land of giants, high up in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.
Here

By Ashley Thompson02 September, 2016
This week on our national parks journey, we travel to the largest state in terms of land area: Alaska.
Alaska is home to mo

By Dorothy Gundy26 August, 2016
This week, America celebrated the National Park Service's 100th birthday.
Yellowstone National Park became America's first nat

By Ashley Thompson19 August, 2016
EDITOR'S NOTE: This year, the U.S. National Park Service turns 100. American's 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, formed the Na

By VOA12 August, 2016
This week on our national parks journey, we travel to the northwestern state of Oregon. Here, you find will a huge, deep lake. It waters s

By Ashley Thompson05 August, 2016
Our national parks journey this week takes us to an extreme landscape in Colorado. Around us are clear lakes, aspen and fir tr

By Ashley Thompson29 July, 2016
Today on our national parks journey, we head to the far western part of Texas. The landscape here is severe. The Chisos Mountain

This week on our national parks journey, we visit a mountainous landscape on America's east coast. Within the park are rocky peaks, rolling green hills, and spectacular waterfalls. It is also home to hundreds of black be