Wikimedia Commons/blmcalifornia A fault line built this oasis You climb into the Little San Bernardino Mountains above Palm Springs and the desert…
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Wikimedia Commons/Bureau of Land Management They call it “The Goose” Gooseberry Mesa sits at about 5,200 feet in southern Utah’s red rock…
Wikimedia Commons/Sheeba2021 It’s America’s tallest all-granite structure You can spot it from miles away. The Pilgrim Monument rises 252 feet over Provincetown,…
Shutterstock Connecticut’s free Navy museum doesn’t disappoint There’s a submarine sitting on the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut, and you can walk…
Shutterstock Lake Pend Oreille’s ice-carved secret Say it right: pond oh-RAY. That’s the first thing locals will tell you. The second is…
