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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Top Attraction! National Park in Kimberly, OR USA
National Park Within the heavily eroded volcanic deposits of the scenic John Day River basin is a well-preserved fossil record of plants and animals.
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Jamestown National Historic Site Top Attraction! National Park in James City County, VA USA
National Historical Park Jamestown National Historical is a part of Historic Jamestowne, site of the First Permanent English Colony in North America. The National Historic Site consists of 22.
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Top Attraction! National Park in Hilo, HI USA
National Park Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, displays the results of 70 million years of volcanism, migration, and evolution -- processes that thrust a bare land from the sea and clothed it with complex and unique ecosystems and a distinct human culture.
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Haleakala National Park Top Attraction! National Park in Maui, HI USA
National Park The Park preserves the outstanding volcanic landscape of the upper slopes of Haleakala on the island of Maui and protects the unique and fragile ecosystems of Kipahulu Valley, the scenic pools along Oheo Gulch, and many rare and endangered species.
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Grand Canyon National Park Top Attraction! National Park in Grand Canyon, AZ USA
National Park The Grand Canyon is more than a great chasm carved over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau. It is more than an awe-inspiring view.
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Glacier National Park Top Attraction! National Park in West Glacier, MT USA
National Park Crown of the Continent, World Heritage Site, International Peace Park.
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Yellowstone National Park Top Attraction! National Park in Yellowstone National Park, ID USA
Nothing but a silvertip grizzly at sunrise. Herds of bison in the afternoon. And moonlight silhouetting geysers after dinner. Yellowstone National Park, Montana. Nothing you'll ever forget. It was the world's first national park. And in the minds of many, it is still first for its scenery, beauty and wildlife.
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Cedar Breaks National Monument Top Attraction! National Park in Cedar City, UT USA
National Monument A huge natural amphitheater has been eroded out of the variegated Pink Cliffs (Claron Formation) near Cedar City, Utah.
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Cape Lookout National Seashore Top Attraction! National Park in Harkers Island, NC USA
National Seashore The seashore is a 56 mile long section of the Outer Banks of North Carolina running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southeast.
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Bryce Canyon National Park Top Attraction! National Park in Bryce Canyon, UT USA
National Park At Bryce Canyon National Park, erosion has shaped colorful Claron limestones, sandstones, and mudstones into thousands of spires, fins, pinnacles, and mazes.
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Top Attraction! National Park in Fort Smith, MT USA
National Recreation Area Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, following the construction of the Yellowtail Dam by the Bureau of Reclamation.
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Lincoln Memorial Top Attraction! National Park in Washington, DC USA
National Memorial
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President's Park (white House) Top Attraction! National Park in Washington, DC USA
National Park President's Park (White House), visitor center is closed for renovation, see website for temporary visitor center site.
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial Top Attraction! National Park in Washington, DC USA
National Park Thomas Jefferson-political philosopher, architect, musician, book collector, scientist, horticulturist, diplomat, inventor, and third President of the United States-looms large in any discussion of what Americans are as a people.
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Alcatraz Island Top Attraction! National Park in San Francisco, CA USA
National Park Out in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, the island of Alcatraz is a world unto itself. Isolation, one of the constants of island life for any inhabitant - soldier, guard, prisoner, bird or plant - is a recurrent theme in the unfolding history of Alcatraz.
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