Abraham Lincoln had a real Outside mind-set. Even in the midst of the Civil War, 150 years ago, he signed the Yosemite Grant Act and created California's first state park, "the first protected ...

Ann Coulter says she cares more about securing the border than she does about the “Yosemite gift shop being open.” The conservative commentator, in a cable television interview this week about ...

Click here for maps of Yosemite National Park. A version of this article originally appeared in the National Geographic book 100 Parks, 5000 Ideas . This article was updated August 8, 2022.

The gift shop in Yosemite National Park is actually open, despite Coulter’s assumption that we are not. The shutdown has had a small impact on us so far. Visitors can still enter the park, even ...