We love exploring the National Parks and all of the other amazing places in the National Park System. There are hundreds of National Monuments and sites to enjoy. We share details about all of the ones we have visited to make your visit a little easier.
After a visit to Monument Valley, we decided to stop at Canyon de Chelly, which is located a little over an hour southeast near Chinle, Arizona. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is a historic park, commemorating the beautiful canyon that has been home to the Navajo people and their ancestors for…
There are a couple of ways to tour the US Capitol Building. You can do a standby tour where you walk in with a large group, stand in line, and get led through the building. You can also contact your Senator or Representative and ask for a tour. Though this must…
Request a Tour Let us begin this post by letting you know that you will have to contact your member of Congress or Senate to get a tour of the White House. This must be done several weeks in advance, and tours are limited, so visit your Representative's website to find…
If you go to Washington, DC, you must visit Arlington National Cemetery. There are some amazing things to see. It is also a very touching, almost spiritual, experience that even our young boys could feel. Tour First of all, you have some options as to how to explore Arlington. Most people…
The National Archives Museum is located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. No trip to DC is complete without a visit to the National Archives because it houses some of the most famous documents in American history. First, expect to go through security. In fact, expect to go through security…
The west end of the National Mall in Washington D.C. is full of iconic monuments and memorials that most people have only seen on the back of their money. We explored many of these monuments in one walk with our young children. We enjoyed this walk in the evening when the…