diff --git a/templates/park_detail.html b/templates/park_detail.html
index 5b1f92e..bea0fc8 100644
--- a/templates/park_detail.html
+++ b/templates/park_detail.html
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
       </div>
       {% endif %}
 
+      {# optional #}
+      {% if park.history %}
       <div class="view-content">
         <h3><span id="History"></span></h3>
         <h3 class="block-title"> History </h3>
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@
         {% endautoescape %}
         </div>
       </div>
+      {% endif %}
 
       {# sometimes add another block in, we'll use the id to decide #}
       {% if park.id % 11 == 0 %}
diff --git a/templates/parks.html b/templates/parks.html
index 1f64c8b..f6c1f54 100644
--- a/templates/parks.html
+++ b/templates/parks.html
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
       </table>
       <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto auto;">
       {% if prev_page %}
-        <a class="button" href="?page={{ prev_page }}" style="justify-self: start;">&laquo; Previous</a>
+        <a class="button" href="?page={{ prev_page }}" title="prev page" style="justify-self: start;">&laquo; Previous</a>
       {% else %}
         <!-- for grid spacing -->
         <span>&nbsp;</span>
       {% endif %}
       {% if next_page %}
-        <a class="button" style="justify-self: end;" href="?page={{ next_page }}">Next &raquo;</a>
+        <a class="button" style="justify-self: end;" title="next page" href="?page={{ next_page }}">Next &raquo;</a>
       {% endif %}
       </div>
     </div>