Park Service wants your National Historic Landmark photos

RVers are a fortunate lot: Our travels take us around the country, or just around a region. Wherever we travel though, we're surrounded by beauty and interesting stops begging for a visit. Across the United States nearly 2,500 designated National Historic Landmarks (NHL) cry out for attention.

To better publicize these national treasures, the Park Service is putting out a call for photographers of every level and stripe to enter their pictures of NHLs in the agency's 12th annual photo contest. Winning photos will be published in the National Historic Landmark 2012 Event Planner.

“Not all national historic landmarks are battlefields, high-style architecture, or associated with the Founding Fathers,” said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. “But all are places with extraordinary significance to our American story. Through the photo contest we invite people to explore these amazing places and to share their favorites.”

Perhaps a side-benefit of the contest for RVers is the answer to the question, "What do we do on our trip this year?" For a list of National Historic Landmarks, follow this link. Want to learn more about the contest? Your information is here.

Photo: Staircase at Auburn National Historic Landmark, Natchez, Mississippi by E.L. Malvaney on flickr.com.