Aug 28th, 2012 at 6:30PM:
White Sands National Monument is one of America's most stunning natural landmarks. With 275 miles of white sand dunes that stretch as far as the eye can see, White Sands is the world's largest gypsum dune field, extending across the Tularosa Basin by the town of Alamogordo, New Mexico. Like any proper desert, it also contains oases, albeit more modern than those that we imagine in the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Of The Day: This Must Be The Place
Aug 28th, 2012 at 6:30PM:
White Sands National Monument is one of America's most stunning natural landmarks. With 275 miles of white sand dunes that stretch as far as the eye can see, White Sands is the world's largest gypsum dune field, extending across the Tularosa Basin by the town of Alamogordo, New Mexico. Like any proper desert, it also contains oases, albeit more modern than those that we imagine in the ...Ten Can't Miss Hikes Courtesy of the National Parks Foundation and Merrell
Jun 4th, 2011 at 8:00AM: Just in time for National Trails Day, the National Parks Foundation and outdoor gear company Merrell, have announced their ten "can't miss" hikes for the summer ahead. As you can imagine, each of these trails can be found inside a national park, and each makes for a fantastic experience guaranteed to wow outdoor enthusiasts and casual trekkers alike.
The ten trails are located in a variety of ...Photo of the Day (9.14.10)
Sep 14th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
Today's Photo of the Day is a reminder that you don't have to cross the globe to find adventure; although this shot could be set in the dunes of the Sahara or Namibia, it comes straight out of America's own White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Flickr user penton42 has a great series of landscape photographs from the National Monument, with plenty of evidence that shows ...Four New Mexico gems worth visiting
Apr 13th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
New Mexico - the "Land of Enchantment." This beautiful state is a popular tourist destination, no doubt, but there are plenty of amazing gems hidden in New Mexico's dusty desert corners that are well worth checking out. Most visitors here come to Santa Fe for great shopping and Southwest style or head to Taos to visit one of the nation's oldest Native American pueblos or go skiing. But the ...Top state parks in each state offer options for seeing native wildlife
Nov 9th, 2009 at 7:30PM: If you want to find out which are the best state parks from the point of view of the director of each state park system, check out The Best of the Best State Parks at About.com
Darren Smith sent out a request to each director for his or her top choice. Because many directors turned in more than one offering, Smith included all suggestions. As he points out, a park that's best for birdwatching may ...Top 10 national parks, thanks to TripAdvisor
Jun 6th, 2009 at 12:00PM: More than 3,000 TripAdvisor readers in the United States have selected the top 10 national parks. Big shock: nine out of 10 are out west. Only Maine made it onto the list. But, let's face it – if you want big, impressive national parks, you have leave the East Coast.
These readers are definitely interested in the national park scene. More than 70 percent plan to visit one this year, up ...Gadling's picks for World Heritage sites: Round two
Mar 14th, 2008 at 11:30AM: In February, we ran a series on the tentative list of possible U.S. World Heritage sites. There are 14 in all. At the end of the series there was a poll for readers to vote for the site most deserving of World Heritage honor. The paltry results are in. Six people voted and each person had a different idea of what is World Heritage worthy, except the two people who went for White Sands National ...
