Located in northeast Wyoming, Devils Tower stands 1,267 feet tall and dominates the surrounding landscape. The National Park Service notes that Devils Tower got its name when Colonel Dodge’s translator […]
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Month: March 2015
The Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone National Park
The Grand Prismatic Spring — the famous brightly colored hot spring found in Yellowstone — may be one of the most iconic sites of all of the National Parks in […]
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The Joshua Tree
Joshua trees are native only to the American Southwest and mostly found in the Mojave Desert, which spans across a vast section of southern California and southwest Nevada. However, some […]
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The Bisti Badlands in New Mexico
The Bisti Badlands, also known as “De-Na-Zin Wilderness,” is a vast 45,000-acre wilderness area in the high desert of the San Juan Basin in New Mexico. The name De-Na-Zin traces […]
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The Gila Monster
The elusive yellow-scaled Gila Monster is one of the rarest of Southwest lizards and spends up to 90% of its mysterious life underground. Along with its cousin, the Mexican beaded lizard, […]
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Visiting Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California
Thousands of tiny polished glass pieces glisten along the shoreline at Glass Beach, a part of MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg. Like rubies and emeralds, these treasures shine brightly […]
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