The Wonders of America's State Parks

Some breathtaking state parks in the United States; the nation's oldest state park, the Niagara Falls in Upstate New York; this state park is home to the American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and Horseshoe Falls; a rich array of flora and fauna.

The state parks of north-central Pennsylvania lure more than 12 million people each year; exploring some of the unmissable features at Cherry Springs State Park, Leonard Harrison State Park, Cook Forest State Park, Sinnemahoning State Park and more.

Stretching across more than 6 million acres of Upstate New York, Adirondack Park boasts over 3,000 lakes and ponds and 30,000 miles of rivers and streams; the Great Camps and Lake; this tract of land is as important as the nation's federal reserves.

The White Mountain National Forest; the Franconia Notch is home to the Old Man of the Mountain; the Crawford Notch State Park is founded in the same year as the White Mountain National Forest; Bretton Woods lies at the base of Mount Washington.

An hour and a half's drive from Plymouth to Newport; visiting every single state park covered in this episode; the Pilgrim Memorial; the masonry bastion of Fort Adams; the Montauk Point and Camp Hero State Parks at the far eastern tip of Long Island.

A lurking, devilish crypto-creature; a ghost town from the 19th century; towering coastal lights and undeveloped barrier islands; few of the many fascinating aspects of the state parks found inside New Jersey's Pinelands and the famous Jersey Shore.