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National Monument

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Petroglyph National Monument

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

The Arch

Arch Canyon Trail

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.

Harking back to ancient America, the Newark Earthworks formed a ceremonial center and a sacred site.

Podcast: Newark Earthworks

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team June 3, 2021

A cream-colored accent lets visitors to Arizona's Coconino National Forest know they have reached the Red Rock Ranger Station.

The Unsung Ranger Behind the U.S. Forest Service's Iconic Signs

Career ranger Virgil "Bus" Carrell had no design training, but "really gave a damn," say experts, about his lasting legacy.

Greg Christensen April 12, 2021

The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes.

17 Wonders of America's National Parks

From Arctic sand dunes and precariously balanced rocks to homes carved into trees and cliffs.

Michelle Cassidy March 26, 2021

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Brian Head, Utah

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

African Burial Ground Memorial

New York, New York

African Burial Ground National Monument

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

The lands of Bears Ears are a trove of treasures of geology, archaeology, and paleontology.

Found: A Rich Collection of Triassic Fossils at Bears Ears

Another wonder from a wild place now left unprotected.

Vittoria Traverso February 23, 2018

Road Canyon is one of the sites within the old borders of the National Monument.

Demystifying the Changes to Bears Ears National Monument

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Natasha Frost December 5, 2017

The 1933 Master Plan for Mount Rainier National Park.

The Early Master Plans for National Parks Are Almost as Beautiful as the Parks Themselves

In the 1930s, park planning was pretty.

Anika Burgess September 7, 2017

William S. Cooper in Glacier Bay.

Found: The Forgotten Metal Markers of a 100-Year-Old Ecology Study

Eight plots in Alaska are now the longest-running study of plant succession in the world.

Sarah Laskow September 7, 2017

Valley of the Gods.

The Wonders at Risk in Bears Ears National Monument

Treasures of geology, paleontology, and archaeology may be affected by changes to the monument's boundaries.

Kelsey Kennedy August 24, 2017

A fossilized cycad.

The National Park That Was Stolen to Death

Fossil Cycad National Monument held America's richest deposit of petrified cycadeoid plants, until it didn't.

Cara Giaimo July 11, 2017

The long-"lost" urn, in its new setting

Washington, D.C.

Cuban-American Friendship Urn

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

The old print shop at Brook Farm

Boston, Massachusetts

Brook Farm

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Classic mini golf hole at East Potomac

Washington, D.C.

East Potomac Park Mini Golf

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

Will Arrowhead's Eternal Springs Be Sucked Dry?

Sarah Laskow May 5, 2015