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6 Must-See Cliff Dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park

Bram — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 01:37:55 +0000

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park are among the most numerous and best-preserved of their kind in North America. They are one of the cultural jewels in the crown of the National Park System. Countless cliff dwellings dot the landscape of Mesa Verde—more than 600 of them—along with...

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United States Submits Moravian Church Settlements to UNESCO World Heritage List, Its First Multi-Country Nomination

Bram — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 19:02:31 +0000

This news story about the United States’ submission of its Moravian Church Settlements to the UNESCO World Heritage List is based on a February 16, 2023, National Park Service press release. You can read the original release here. For the first time in the 50-year history of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, the National Park...

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These 14 National Parks Are Also UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Bram — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:13:42 +0000

When the United States government created Yellowstone National Park in 1872, it kickstarted a global movement to protect and preserve natural places as national treasures. Exactly a century later, during the Nixon administration in 1972, the United States was the driving force behind the World Heritage Convention. It was also the first country to sign...

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10 Amazing National Parks Along Route 66

Bram — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:36:43 +0000

In its heyday, Historic Route 66 was the most popular road to the west, both for traveling families and migrants, and it still is to some extent. “America's Main Street”, as it’s often called, still brings road trippers to many of the best national parks in the Midwest, Southwest and California.

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A Day in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Bram — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:00:30 +0000

A UNESCO World Heritage site in southern Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park protects a huge collection of Ancestral Puebloan sites, including dozens of cliff houses and a few really impressive cliff-side ruins. Here's how you can spend an active and educative day at Mesa Verde.

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What to See and Do in Olympic National Park, Washington

Bram — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:48:10 +0000

The westernmost national park in the lower 48 states, Olympic National Park is a pristine wilderness unlike any other on earth. Often called “three parks in one”, its ecological variety is of such magnitude and importance that the park is both an International Biosphere Reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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