Waco Mammoth National Monument: A Herd Frozen in Time
Waco, TexasOn the edge of Waco, Texas, a herd of Ice Age Columbian mammoths still lies where it died. We stopped to see the bones in the ground, and the living bears at Baylor.
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On the edge of Waco, Texas, a herd of Ice Age Columbian mammoths still lies where it died. We stopped to see the bones in the ground, and the living bears at Baylor.
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Ohio’s only national park sits between Cleveland and Akron, and it rewards going back. Spring bluebells in the woods at Peninsula, a boardwalk at dusk and an August evening at a marsh.
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America’s smallest big national park is one steel monument, a lawn and a tram ride that feels like nothing else. We rode to the top of the Gateway Arch for the view over St. Louis and the Mississippi.
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In Arkansas, a national park runs down the main street of a spa town. We walked Bathhouse Row and went inside the Fordyce, with its bath halls, stained glass ceiling and old gym.
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Off the coast of Vigo, the protected Cíes Islands have no cars, one of Spain’s most beautiful beaches and a long path up to a lighthouse. We walked it under a cool grey sky.
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Zion in mid-October swaps the summer crowds for yellow leaves, cool air and mule deer on the trails, with vast sandstone walls and alcoves glowing above it all.
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Capitol Reef gets overlooked on the way to Utah’s famous parks. On a wet October morning, its red cliffs, sandstone arches and pioneer orchards had plenty of drama of their own.
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Bryce Canyon isn’t really a canyon at all. From the cold rim at sunrise to the trails below, its thousands of orange hoodoos are one of the strangest sights in the American West.
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A full moon over the South Rim, a pre-dawn shuttle and a sunrise walk down the South Kaibab Trail, with a raven, a mule and a bighorn sheep for company.
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Less than a thousand years ago, a volcano erupted just outside what is now Flagstaff. An October morning at Sunset Crater, among lava country, golden rabbitbrush and a forest coming back from fire.
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