Geography

American Memory provides free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

The web presence of American Rivers, a nonprofit organization of US river activists founded in 1973 to increase the number of rivers protected by the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems.

A web resource based at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. It contains a collection of links from around the world on human and physical geography, planning, geology, and environmental geosciences.

A portal to local and national organization relevant to sustainable tourism and destination stewardship.

Project for Public Spaces is a nonprofit technical assistance, research and educational organization. PPS mission - to create and sustain public places that build communities - is achieved through programs in parks, plazas and central squares; transportation; public buildings and architecture and public markets;. Since its founding in 1975, the organization has worked in over 1,000 communities, within the U.S. and abroad, helping people to grow their public space into vital community places.

Links to state tourism offices. Most have links to order travel information online.

WRI is a global environmental think tank that goes beyond research to put ideas into action. We have over 50 active projects working on aspects of global climate change, sustainable markets, ecosystem protection, and environmentally responsible governance.

"The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2010."