Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

  Aransas National Wildlife Refuge It is the principal wintering ground for the rare whooping crane and also attracts almost 400 species of other waterfowl and other birds, who vary with the seasons—especially geese, ducks, pelicans, herons, egrets, gulls, sundial cranes, roseate spoonbills, ibises, quail, osprey, a variety of migrating

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Port Isabel Lighthouse

  Port Isabel Lighthouse The Point (Port) Isabel Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located in Port Isabel, Texas, United States that was built in 1852 to guide ships through the Brazos Santiago Pass to Port Isabel. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 30,

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Ruby Ghost Town

  Ruby Ghost Town Ruby is a ghost town in Arizona,  founded as a mining town in Bear Valley, originally named Montana Camp, so named because the miners were mining at the foot of Montana Peak. Mining started circa 1877. The Montana Mine produced gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper.

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Saguaro National Park

  Saguaro National Park Tucson, Arizona is home to the nation’s largest cacti. The giant saguaro is the universal symbol of the American west. These majestic plants, found only in a small portion of the United States, are protected by Saguaro National Park, to the east and west of the

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Erie Street Lowell Arizona

  Erie Street Lowell Arizona With an aesthetic that can only be described as “vintage,” the signage, storefronts, (non-functioning) gas pumps and a lot of the cars along this just-under-a-quarter-mile road date from 1940s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. It’s a carefully cultivated look this small community has crafted in recent years

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Pea Ridge National Military Park

  Pea Ridge National Military Park Canons on display at Pea Ridge National Military Park is a 4,300 acre Civil War Battlefield that preserves the site of the March 1862 battle that saved Missouri for the Union. On March 7-8, 1862, over 23,000 soldiers fought here to decide the fate

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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

  Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is a U.S. National Monument created to protect Mogollon cliff dwellings in the Gila Wilderness on the headwaters of the Gila River in southwest New Mexico. The 533-acre national monument was established by President Theodore Roosevelt through executive proclamation

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

  Carlsbad Caverns National Park Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave, Carlsbad Cavern. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance or take

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City of Rocks

  City of Rocks City of Rocks gets its name from the incredible volcanic rock formations found here. The park encompasses a one square mile area in the scenic Chihuahuan desert region of southwestern New Mexico at an elevation of 5,200 feet. The “city” is a geologic formation made up

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Pumpkin Patch Anza Borrego Desert

  Pumpkin Patch Anza Borrego Desert There aren’t any real pumpkins in this pumpkin patch, but if you use your imagination this city block sized patch of what geologist call concretions certainly resembles a real pumpkin patch. Pumpkin Patch is a famous point of interest in Ocotillo Wells, near Anaz

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