Month: March 2022

In 2015, San Antonio Missions National Historic Park received the designation “UNESCO World Heritage Site.” It is the only place in Texas to receive the honor, and one of only 24 in the entire United States. It nearly goes without saying that this is a very special National Park. These missions were built in the […]

In another of the U.S.A. National Parks, Memorials and Monuments series, today’s park is located in the desert southwest. In fact, some say the plant that gives this park its’ name epitomizes the American Southwest. It not only epitomizes the land, it personifies the people who have lived on the land. See the silhouette of […]