The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, located near Folkston, GA, contains 438,000 acres of the Okefenokee Swamp. The park offers hiking and biking paths, fishing, canoeing, and historical and wildlife exhibits.
People rhapsodize about Glacier, but why? The pretty peaks and bright blue lakes?
Along a five kilometer section on the Bow Valley Parkway a prescribed burn, started by Parks Canada in 1993, can be seen.
The Buffalo National River flows free over swift running rapids and quiet pools for its 135-mile length. One of the few remaining rivers in the lower 48 states without dams, the Buffalo cuts its way through massive limestone bluffs traveling eastward through the Arkansas Ozarks and into the White River.
Ala Archa is a large national park in Kyrgyzstan, located in the mountains and valleys surrounding the Ala Archa river, roughly 30km south of Bishkek.
Just off the beaten path northwest of Payson Arizona sits an amazing geological sight! Tonto Natural Bridge is the worlds largest natural travertine bridge, standing 183 feet fall, 150 feet wide, and 400 feet long underneath.
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.
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.