Tag: “Monument Valley”

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  1. Vietnam Memorial

    The Vietnam Memorial is a tribute to the American Soldiers who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. This sunken black granite monument was not well recieved when it was originally proposed as many people felt that it would be a dark hole in the capitol mall and would not honor the dead.

  2. Bandelier National Monument

    Hundreds of ruins of Anasazi cliff houses and pueblo-style dwellings lay scattered across the Pajarito Plateau of northern New Mexico. Within Bandelier National Monument's 32,000 acres, 70 miles of trails provide access to these ancient ruins, including the cliff dwellings and Tyuonyi village of Frijoles Canyon.

  3. Banff National Park

    Canada's oldest national park, Banff National Park was established in 1885. A jewel in the Canadian Rockies 120 kilometers (80 miles) west of Calgary, Alberta.

  4. Narrow Gate Vineyards

    This is a small, boutique winery located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of northern California. The winery is owned and operated by the Hildebrand family.

  5. Echo Lake in the spring.

  6. Winter Night

  7. Gorgeous George

  8. Hoovenweep National Monument

    The Ancestral People lived here between 500 and 1300 AD. This was a thriving civilization, which is hard to believe because now there is nothing around for miles and miles.

  9. Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon

    Pueblo Bonito, in Chaco canyon in Northwestern New Mexico, USA, is probably one of the most well-known and most impressive native american ruins in the area. Beyond the sheer scale of the buildings in the canyon, astronomical connections between the constructions and solar and lunar cycles are breathtaking, as exemplified by solar and what is believed to be lunar calendars tracking an 18.5 year cycle.

    Chaco Canyon is believed to have been a place of great influence in the ancient native cultures.

  10. Tyuonyi in Frijoles Canyon

    Bandelier National Monument is known across the united states as a first class national park. Many native american ruins can be found in the Canyon de los frijoles as well as on the surrounding mesa tops.