The town of Casey, Illinois is no stranger to breaking world records—it's home to the largest chair in the U.S.—and the world's largest mailbox, which was created as part of businessman Jim Bolin'sBig Things in a Small Townworkshop. Measuring a whopping 5,743.41 cubic feet, the ...
Northern Colorado's Fort Collins offers a historic downtown, and its namesake Museum of Discovery, with interactive science, history, and nature exhibits. Its schoolsrank #37 of 228 in America, with Fossil Ridge High School ranked#32 out of 457 in the state. Although nearly half of Fort Col...
Just beyond Wall Drug (if you know you know), is this wild landscape famous for fossil beds and rock formations. Imagine weaving through hallways of rocks, or standing on the edge of a steep wall looking down into carved out valleys. This area has a sort of otherworldly feel, almost like...
San Diego, CA … when I was a bit smaller (but still fearless) Western Washington - in 2011 - I found a piece of petrified wood (that dad missed) New Visitors Created with Sandvox
4. Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument © Victoria Ditkovsky / Dreamstime One of the most fascinating fossil sites in the States, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument lies just to the northwest of Twin Falls, near the tiny town of the same name. Home to a vast number of Hagerman ...
C.Park City,Utah.D.South Padre Island,Texas.(2)What is special about Park City? A.It offers a lot of water sports.B.It is appealing to families.C.It has good weather and nature.D.It presents historic scenery in an old-fashioned style.(3)What can visitors do on the South Padre ...
Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in Texas, and it's just one of the attractions in the park. It also features the world's biggest Permian fossil reef, and a long history intertwined with the struggle of Texas' native people. The park is so big that it has everything from arid salt...
There’s more to Colorado that chasing the gnar and climbing epic peaks. All up, there have been over 60,000 dinosaur fossil discoveries in the state. The rich history of dinosaur discoveries began in Colorado in 1876 and is not preserved and celebrated in the state’s northwest at the Din...
extensive Permian fossil reef, making the park a geologist's paradise. The Guadalupes were once home to the Mescalero Apache Native Americans, and pictographs from early settlers can still be seen in the park's caves. At one point, the Guadalupe Mountains were all underwater in the Delaware...