The Ahwahnee - Yosemite National Park's Historic Hotel & The National Park Service's Premiere Example of "Parkitecture"
If there's one location in the Continental United States that everyone should have on their Bucket List to see at least once it should be Yosemite National Park in California. Formerly the home of the Southern Sierra Miwok Indians who called themselves the Ahwahneeche, Yosemite is now the destination of over 3.7 million people annually who visit the park to take in its spectacular granite cliffs, beautiful waterfalls, clear streams, and Giant Sequoia groves - most of which were made famous by American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams' stunning black and white photographs. Major vacation destination that is, Yosemite offers visitors many lodging options but none are quite as spectacular as the park's historic AAA® Four-Diamond hotel The Ahwahnee which was the brainchild of Stephen T. Mather , the man who was appointed the country's first National Park Service Director in 1917 and who essentially developed the NPS as we know it today. Mather's moti...