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Fossil Butte preserves the 50-million-year-old Green River lake beds, the best paleontological record of tertiary aquatic communities in North America. Fossils including fish, alligators, bats, turtles, dog-sized horses, insects, and many other species of plants and animals suggest that the region was a low, subtropical, freshwater basin when ...
Louisiana. 25,875.86 acres (104.7159 km 2) Designated a National Historical Park and Preserve, this site highlights several facets of Louisiana culture, history, and nature. The Chalmette Battlefield was the site of the Battle of New Orleans, the final event of the War of 1812.
The tallest sand dunes in North America, up to 750 feet (230 m) tall, were formed by deposits of the ancient Rio Grande in the San Luis Valley. Abutting a variety of grasslands, shrublands, and wetlands, the park also features alpine lakes, six 13,000-foot mountains, and old-growth forests. [59] Great Smoky Mountains ‡ North Carolina, Tennessee
Contents. Tourist attractions in the United States. Times Square is the most visited public (not privately owned) tourist site in the United States, with about 50 million visitors annually. This is a list of the most popular individual tourist attractions in the United States, lists of tourist attractions organized by subject region, and a ...
Sr. No. Symbol Name File References 1. Flag: Flag of the United States [1]2. Seal: Great Seal of the United States (obverse)(reverse) [2]3. National motto "In God We Trust" E pluribus unum
The Grand Canyon[ a ] is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters). [ 6 ]: 902. The canyon and adjacent rim are contained within Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab ...
Most landmark designations are in one of the 50 states. New York is the state with the most (270), and New York City, with 114 designations, is the city with the largest number of designations. Of the states, North Dakota has the fewest designations with seven. Three cities (New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston) have enough listings to ...
Some of the rocks at America's Stonehenge. 42°50′35″N71°12′25″W / 42.84306°N 71.20694°WAmerica's Stonehenge is a privately owned tourist attraction and archaeological site consisting of a number of large rocks and stone structures scattered around roughly 30 acres (12 hectares) within the town of Salem, New Hampshire, in the ...