Experience Yellowstone, Acadia, Mount Rainier, Arches, Mesa Verde, Bryce Canyon, Grand Tetons, Grand Canyon, Everglades,...
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The striking red Entrada sandstone that dominates parts of Southern Utah's skyline has been used by nature to sculpt the...
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Take a demanding training ride starting in beautiful Bar Harbor, Maine, follow the scenic Park Loop Road in Acadia National...
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Man’s interpretation and focus on various locations that capture the spirit of Nature, as with music, have their own...
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Cliff PalaceAn architectural and historical gem lies hidden in the Mesa Verde National Park in the State of Colorado in...
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The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. with over 700 balloons, is the largest ballooning event on earth, and the...
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In the middle of the Indian subcontinent, in the state of Madya Pradesh, there is a national park named Kanha which is not...
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We'll begin our journey through the National Parks of the USA and Canada in Arizona, where the giant cactus saguaro grows....
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My young friend Will received a grant to video the Boudhanath Stupa in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal. I jokingly said "Want...
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Ballet superstars Mikhail Baryshnikov and Zizi Jeanmaire sizzle in this erotically charged ballet set to the music and story...
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The Sleeping Beauty remains, as Rudolf Nureyev often called it, the ‘ballet of ballets’. It is the most accomplished and...
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Episode HighlightsCome with us to the exciting and scenic town of Kanab, U.T. Repel and swim in the scenic slot canyons of...
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Episode HighlightsThe awe inspiring Cascade Range known for its massive snow-capped volcanoes stretches for over 700 miles...
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National parks are reserves of land, usually owned by national governments, that are protected from most human development and pollution.The idea of a national park was first formulated by painter George Catlin. In his travels though the American West, he became concerned about the future of the
Native Americans he met and the natural wonders he saw. In 1832 he wrote that they might be preserved,
"...by some great protecting policy of government... in a magnificent park.... A nation's park, containing man and beast, in all the wild and freshness of their nature's beauty!"
The first effort by any government to set aside such lands was in the United States, when President Abraham Lincoln signed an Act of Congress on June 30, 1864 ceding Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias (the heart of the future Yosemite National Park) to the state of
California:
"... the said State shall accept this grant upon the express conditions that the premises shall he held for public use, resort, and recreation; shall be inalienable for all time ..." However, the vision of the National Park was not yet complete in Yosemite, and required the efforts of John Muir
to bring it to fruition. Learn More
