Stone Faces

Stone FacesThe stone likenesses of four American Presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt were carved into granites of South Dakota's Mount Rushmore in the early twentieth century.

322 meter) reach into the atmosphere

outside of Taos

These Washingtonia filifera palms are the exclusive native palm variety growing naturally in the Sonoran Desert of northern Mexico and the southwest United States

Water en route to Arizona's Oak Creek pauses to reflect

Meteorological conditions range from bone-chilling fog on the north coast to bone-dry aridity in the southeast deserts

The crater is considered something of a microcosm as a considerable amount of the animal varieties live exclusively within the crater throughout their life cycle

which proves to be among the greatest on the continent

An ancient volcanic eruption is the known cause of the formations

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The name was given years ago to a series of  limestone stacks just offshore

Ten penguins occupy their own island paradise as it floats off the Antarctic coast

The South Rim of Grand Canyon at Lipan Point features wintering elements