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10 Parks that Changed America | Preview
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Discover the evolution of our nation’s city parks and learn the history of landscapes.
Streets | Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI
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Join Geoffrey Baer for a ride in a Model-T on the first concrete-paved modern highway.
Streets | Lincoln Highway
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This cross-country road laid the groundwork for America's love affair with the road trip.
Streets | Eastern Parkway, New York, NY
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America's first "parkway," designed as a tree-lined oasis for city dwellers.
Monuments | Oklahoma City National Memorial
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Commemorates the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil prior to 9/11.
Streets | Boston Post Road
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Travel the highway that helped win the American Revolution.
Streets | National Road, Cumberland, MD to Vandalia, IL
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The first road ever paid for by the federal government, which paved the way for settlers.
Streets | St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA
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Ride the streetcar that helped launch a wave of suburban development across the nation.
Streets | Greenwood Avenue, Tulsa, OK
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Once known as the "Black Wall Street" until a violent mob burned it to the ground in 1921.
Streets | Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
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L.A.'s "Miracle Mile," a revolutionary new shopping district catering to motorists.
Steets | Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, MI
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See how Kalamazoo turned "Main Street" into a pedestrian mall.
Streets | Broadway, New York, NY
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The Native American and Dutch roots of the first street in America featuring mass transit.
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