Ancestral cliff dwellings and the ruins of a pueblo hide in this isolated canyon outside of Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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Ancestral cliff dwellings and the ruins of a pueblo hide in this isolated canyon outside of Los Alamos, New Mexico.
A monument to the western expansion of the United States. At 630ft tall, Gateway Arch is the tallest arch in the world, and the tallest manmade monument in the Western Hemisphere. Elevators inside the arch take visitors to the observation deck at the top, overlooking the city of St. Louis and the Mississippi River.
A natural leak of methane seeping from rock behind a waterfall keeps a flame lit continuously. Located in western New York, within Chestnut Ridge Park, in the town of Orchard Park.
If you’re a fan of inter dimensional wormholes through household appliances, laser harps, or ethereal mammoth skeleton chimes, this is the place for you. Meow Wolf is part art installation, part escape room, and part psychedelic funhouse for the whole family (including adults)
Famous cliff dwellings, villages built into the alcoves in the walls of mesas, in southern Colorado. Native American ruins are often overshadowed by those of the Inca and Maya, but here at Mesa Verde the engineering feats of the ancestral Puebloans are as inspiring as they are bewildering.
The San Juan River cuts deep here and nearly doubles back on itself in multiple locations. This spectacular sight is only a few minutes off of Rt. 261 in Utah and is only 45 minutes from the famous Monument Valley. If you’re in the area and have a little time to spare, the views here are incredible.
Ancestral Puebloan Ruins tucked into alcoves in spectacular canyons. The relatives of modern day Navajo Native Americans once subsisted here in the harsh dry desert. Around the year 1300, a major mass exodus of nearly the entire Southwest led to the abandonment of countless ancestral villages, including those here at Navajo National Monument.
The original bridge constructed in 1882 was the highest and longest railway bridge in the world. The bridge was replaced in 1900 by the current viaduct, spanning 2052 ft. across the gorge, 301ft above Kinzua Creek. Commercial service over the bridge was ended in 1959 and it was sold to Kovalchick Salvage Company to be dismantled, but after laying eyes on the bridge for the first time Nick Kovalchick said “there will never be another bridge like this.” and could not bring himself to demolish it. The bridge was purchased by the state of Pennsylvania in 1963 and subsequently became a state park. The Knox and Kane Railroad took passengers on sightseeing trips through the Allegheny Forest and over the Kinzua Bridge from 1987 to 2002, when the bridge was closed due to concerns of the trestle collapsing in high winds. Less than a year later, the soaring steel structure was torn to the floor of the ravine by a F1 tornado. The ruins were left as they fell as a display of the power of mother nature. In 2011 a boardwalk and observation platform were built around the remaining railroad tracks, offering enormous views of the gorge below. A steep and strenuous hike down to the base of the bridge leads from the visitors center.
