25 absolutely amazing places in USA that are barely known to outsiders (in no particular order). I’ve been to all of them except the last two.
1. Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada.
2. Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.
3. Wahweap Hoodoos in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
4. Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico.
5. White Pocket, Buckskin Gulch, Coyote Buttes and Lower Paria River in and near Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona.
6. Eternal Flame Falls in Chestnut Ridge Park, New York.
7. Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina.
8. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida.
9. Caverns of Sonora, Texas.
10. Ruby Falls, Tennessee.
11. Como Bluff dinosaur graveyard, Wyoming.
12. Lake Waiau, Hawaii.
13. Yakutat area, Alaska.
14. St. Matthew, Hall and Pribilof Islands, Alaska.
15. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in White Mountains Wilderness, California.
16. Sea Lion Caves, Oregon.
17. Dinosaur Ridge, Colorado.
18. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico.
19. Acoma and other pueblos, New Mexico.
20. Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah.
21. Sun Miguel Island in Channel Islands National Park, California.
22. Ketchikan area, Alaska.
23. Horseshoe Canyon in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
24. Midway Island, Hawaii.
25. Blue Lake Rhino Cave, Washington.
What’s on your list?
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