Atchafalaya Swamp

Atchafalaya Swamp The Atchafalaya Basin, or Atchafalaya Swamp, is the largest wetland and swamp in the United States. Located in south central Louisiana, it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atchafalaya River and the Gulf of Mexico converge. The river stretches from near Simmesport in

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Oak Alley Plantation

Oak Alley Plantation Oak Alley Plantation is a historic plantation located on the west bank of the Mississippi River, in the community of Vacherie Louisiana. Oak Alley is named for its distinguishing visual feature, an alley or canopied path, created by a double row of southern live oak trees about

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Chimney Rock National Monument

Chimney Rocks National Monument Chimney Rock lies on 4,726 acres of San Juan National Forest land surrounded by the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. Chimney Rock itself occupies 1,000 acres of the site, and is approximately 315 feet tall. Next to Chimney Rock is Companion Rock, which is a popular nesting

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Animas Forks Ghost Town

Animas Forks Ghost Town Animas Forks is located on a system of roads known as the Alpine Loop. The loop is a 65-mile (105 km) system of unpaved roads which connects the small mountain towns of Lake City, Ouray, and Silverton. Most of the land in the area is managed

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Ironton Ghost Town

Ironton Ghost Town Ironton Ghost Town, Ironton was a town in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray. Ironton (aka Copper Glen) was built on flatter ground than surrounding towns. Settled in 1893, within three weeks three hundred buildings were being built. It

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Red Mountain Colorado September 2018 Free Wallpaper

Red Mountain Colorado Red Mountain Mining District Located off Hwy 550 near the crest of Red Mountain Pass—this is the site of the National Bell Mine. During its booming years, there were as many as 10,000 inhabitants living in Red Mountain Town. In all of its glory, it had over

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Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 New Orleans

Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 New Orleans Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, 1420 Washington Avenue, established in 1833 by the City of Lafayette. The square was acquired from Cornelius Hurst and the cemetery laid out by Benjamin Buisson, city surveyor. Part of the Livaudais Plantation which had been subdivided into city squares

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Watson Lake

  Watson Lake Watson Lake is one of two reservoirs at the Granite Dells, in Prescott, Arizona, that was formed in the early 1900s when the Chino Valley Irrigation District built a dam on Granite Creek.  The Granite Dells is a geological feature north of Prescott, Arizona. The Dells consist of exposed bedrock and large boulders of granite that

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