Luckily, Mother Nature has made some of those streams into natural water parks in Missouri. Rocky Falls shut-ins, located in the Mark Twain National Forest, are a dream come true. The best address ...

In New York's Hudson Valley, in the village of Kinderhook, sits a lovely estate called Lindenwald, once home to Martin Van Buren. And if you don't know who that is, you're in good company!

Martin Van Buren allied himself with ... the rebels and setting it adrift over Niagara Falls. Although many called for a war against Britain, Van Buren exercised restraint. In 1836, the Whig ...