To find out more, check out the Missouri Botanical Garden's website. This national park and its famous arch are dedicated to the country's westward expansion. The stainless steel Gateway Arch ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Springtime is a particularly colorful season to visit the Desert Botanical Garden. Visitors who arrive mid-February through mid-June will see an abundance of blooming cactus ...

Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

The Desert Botanical Garden, an oasis nestled among the red rocks of Papago Park, turns 86 in February. The idea for a desert garden came from a small group of Valley-based advocates in the 1930s.