Stop number two on our weekend road trip was Andersonville National Historic Site. Andersonville served as the site for the notorious Confederate prison Camp Sumter towards the end of the Civil War. The prison held around 45,000 men, while over 13,000 of them died. Address and Location You’ll find Andersonville National Historic Site at 760…
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Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park
If you weren’t already aware, I am a big fan of National Park Service properties. I am also a proud holder of a National Park passport. So when we decided to go to Tallahassee over Labor Day, I scouted out what National Park properties were on the way. Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park sits just…
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
We headed out to our last stop during our weekend in Chattanooga: the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The Battle of Chickamauga was fought in 1863 and was the first battle in the state of Georgia. We started off at the smaller park on top of Lookout Mountain. Address and Location You’ll find Point…
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Castillo de San Marcos
One more straggler post from our trip to St. Augustine. On my must-see list of places in St. Augustine was the Castillo de San Marcos. St. Augustine is the oldest city in the US, and this fort is a big reason why. Founded by the Spanish, the fort protected the local settlements and allowed them…
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Great Sand Dunes National Park
Our final stop on our road trip was Great Sand Dunes National Park. Great Sand Dunes National Park sits a short drive of I-25 near the town of Mosca. It’s not close to really anything, so we decided to incorporate a stop in on our road trip route. The dunes are the largest in North…
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Aztec Ruins National Monument
After Four Corners, we hopped on US 160 and looped back up into Colorado. On our way, we stopped at the Aztec Ruins National Monument near Farmington, New Mexico, another Ancestral Pueblo community. This site is quite small, and you can walk around the whole structure and property. At the center is a large, circular…