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Appraised value of 2 square miles inside Grand Teton National Park: $107MTurns out that a chunk of land inside a national park isn't priceless after all — not if you've got $107 million. That's the appraised value of two square miles of ...

Financially troubled super-crooner Wayne Newton will be singing "Danke Schoen" to a Texas developer friend if tentative plans to build what' s described as a Newton dinner-theater, coinciding with tours of Newton' s ranch, Casa de Shenandoah, come to fruition. ¶ Also ...

Collection of oral histories of immigrants who passed through Ellis Island goes onlineLawrence Meinwald's voice starts shaking when he recalls the first time he saw the Statue of Liberty. It was 1920, and the young Polish boy was on a ship with ...

Casino proposed near Gettysburg battlefield divides townspeople in an old American resortThe town where the Civil War's tide-turning battle was waged is fighting dissension in its own ranks, with even hard-core preservationists split over a proposed casino that would rise near the ...

Cycle of wind, water keep Great Sand Dunes in place at base of Sangre de Cristo MountainsDriving up to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, the view seems almost silly: Across from shallow creeks at the base of the 14,000-foot Sangre ...

Taiwan plans to set up a marine national park in the middle of one of its largest fishing grounds despite opposition from fishermen who depend on the area for their livelihood, an official said Monday. The planned national park will cover three ...

Cash-strapped state parks eye corporate sponsorships; NH hooks up with outdoor apparel companyNew Hampshire's state park system is among several around the country reaching out to private companies for sponsorships of park facilities, programs or the systems as a whole. Maine, Virginia ...

For President Johnson's 102nd birthday, aircraft becomes showpiece acquisition at LBJ RanchLuci Baines Johnson remembers as a teenager riding in a shiny mirror-finished jet trimmed with sky blue and white paint and emblazoned with black letters proclaiming "United States of America," then ...

Fire razes historic site of 19th Century warrior king's tribal capital in ZimbabweA museum official says a bush fire has destroyed the historic site of the encampment of 19th Century warrior King Lobengula in western Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's National Museums and Monuments director ...

Asia's tiniest frog, a creature the size of a pea, has been discovered in a national park in Malaysia's Sarawak state on Borneo island, researchers said Thursday. Herpetologist Indraneil Das said he and Hamburg University colleague Alexander Haas discovered the orange-and-red frog ...

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Topic: Parks And Historic Sites

Not priceless: Grand Teton land valued at $107M

Showman wants to show off home, private jet, too

Ellis Island immigrants' oral histories go online

Casino proposed near battlefield splits Gettysburg

Water, wind build Great Sand Dunes

Taiwan eyes marine park despite fishermen objection

State parks explore corporate sponsorship

Refurbished LBJ plane goes on display at LBJ Ranch

Fire razes historic warrior king site in Zimbabwe

Asia's smallest frog found in Borneo

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