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The United States is famous for its dedication to its national parks and monuments. Explore sites like the Grand Canyon and historical landmarks like the Washington Monument.

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Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park,a unit of the National Park System in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Wyoming.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a scenic area in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina.

Haleakala National Park

Haleakala National Park, a national park on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Its main feature is the crater of a giant volcano covering eastern Maui.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, a national park on the island of Hawaii. Within its area of 358 square miles (927 km2) are two active volcanoes, Mauna Loa (13,677 feet [4,169 m] above sea level), one of the world's largest active volcanoes; and Kilauea (4,090 feet [1,247 m]).

Hohokam Pima National Monument

The Hohokam people, named after a modern Pima Indian word meaning "that which has vanished," are believed to have been the first irrigationists in what is now the United States. Check out Hohokam Pima National Monument.

Homestead National Monument

In southeastern Nebraska is Homestead National Monument of America, one of the first claims staked under the Homestead Act of 1862. Learn about vacations to the site, a small remnant of the woods and prairie that pioneers found on the Great Plains.

Hovenweep National Monument

At Hovenweep, on what is now the Colorado-Utah border, the Anasazi Indians built elegant towers that rose from the rocks. Hovenweep National Monument contains the ruins of six clusters of multistory towers located at the heads of canyons.

International Peace Garden

International Peace Garden, a park on the United States-Canadian border. It was established in 1931 as a memorial to lasting peace and friendship between the two nations.

Jewel Cave National Monument

Hidden beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota is the subterranean world of Jewel Cave National Monument, where countless crystal formations sparkle with the brilliance of gems. Learn more about family vacations to Jewel Cave National Monument.

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Want to take a trip back in time? While fossil beds that extend over five million years are rare, the three units of this monument preserve a 65-million-year record of plant and animal life. Learn about the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

Katmai National Park

Katmai National Park and Preserve, a unit of the National Park System in southwestern Alaska.

Lava Beds National Monument

The history of the Lava Beds National Monument -- a beautiful and desolate place -- is turbulent, both in geologic and human terms. Learn more about Lava Beds National Monument.

Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park, a unit of the National Park System. The park is on the Green River in central Kentucky and covers 82 square miles (212 km2).

Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National Park, an archeological preserve near Cortez, in southwestern Colorado.

Montezuma Castle National Monument

In New Mexico's Verde Valley lies Montezuma Castle a multistory dwelling built by the Sinagua more than 800 years ago. The monument also contains Montezuma Well a natural limestone sink fed by artesian springs.

Natural Bridges National Monument

Three massive natural bridges of stone -- the largest and most impressive collection of such formations in the world -- can be found at the Natural Bridges National Monument in southeastern Utah. Learn more about Natural Bridges National Monument.

Ocmulgee National Monument

The Ocmulgee National Monument, located east of Macon, Georgia, contains traces of more than 10,000 years of continuous human occupation, from Ice Age hunters to the Creeks of historic times. Read more about Ocmulgee National Monument.

Oregon Caves National Monument

Few caves in the National Park System offer a more stunning array of geological formations than Oregon Caves, known as the "marble halls of Oregon." Learn about Oregon Caves National Monument.

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

Visitors to Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument see proof of nature's resourcefulness, from the kangaroo rat, which drinks no water yet thrives in the arid climate, to the creosote bush, which makes its own natural herbicide.

Petroglyph National Monument

Petroglyph National Monument preserves an estimated 25,000 historic and prehistoric images along the West Mesa escarpment, making it one of the world's largest collections of rock carvings. Read about Petroglyph National Monument.