Parks, Museums & More
National and state parks, STEM museums, Smithsonian Institutes, national monuments, presidential libraries, zoos, museums of the strange and exotic... we can't wait to see them all!
Yellowstone National Park Trip
OHIO
Caesar Creek State Park (Waynesville, OH)
https://ohiodnr.gov/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/caesar-creek-state-park
Carillon Historical Park (Dayton, OH)
https://www.daytonhistory.org/visit/dayton-history-sites/carillon-historical-park/
National Museum of the United States Air Force (Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH)
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil
MICHIGAN
Henry Ford Museum (Detroit, MI)
Burt Lake State Park (Indian River, MI)
https://www.michigan.org/property/burt-lake-state-park
9 am Ferry to Mackinac Island (goes under Mackinac Bridge)
Mackinac National Park and Fort Mackinac
https://www.mackinacisland.org
Sault Ste. Marie Locks/Museum
https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Soo-Locks-Visitor-Center/
Bewabic State Park, MI
https://www.michigan.org/property/bewabic-state-park
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Bismarck, ND)
Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park and On-A-Slant Mandan Indian Village
https://www.parkrec.nd.gov/fort-abraham-lincoln-state-park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
https://www.nps.gov/thro/index.htm
Historic Town of Medora
WYOMING
Yellowstone National Park
https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
MONTANA
Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman, MT)
https://museumoftherockies.org
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (near Hardin, MT)
https://www.nps.gov/libi/index.htm
SOUTH DAKOTA
Mount Rushmore
https://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm
Crazy Horse
https://crazyhorsememorial.org
Custer State Park
https://gfp.sd.gov/parks/detail/custer-state-park/
Needles Highway Scenic Drive (through Custer State Park)
https://gfp.sd.gov/csp-scenic-drives/
Jewel Cave National Monument
https://www.nps.gov/jeca/index.htm
Four Mile Old West Town Museum
https://four-mile-old-west-town-museum.business.site
Cosmos Mystery Area
Lake Vermillion Recreation Area (Canistota, SD)
https://gfp.sd.gov/parks/detail/lake-vermillion-recreation-area/
IOWA
Fairport Recreation Area (Muscatine, IA)
https://iowastateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/fairport-state-recreation-area