Top 10 Places to visit in the US |
1. Badlands National Park
The Badlands National Park is one of the top 10 natural wonders in the USA and one of the best kept secrets in the country. The landscape in Badlands National Park is quite impressive with striking rock formations, jagged cliffs and long prairies.
The best ways to experience this place is on a camping trip to appreciate the natural scenery and explore the ancient fossils and native plants the park has to offer.
2. Craters of the Moon National Monument
If you’re on a road trip through Idaho, one best places to visit in Idaho it's the Craters of the Moon National Monument.
Craters of the Moon breathtaking landscape makes you feel like you’re on a different planet with its lava flows and lava tune flows.
If you’ve been to other lava tube flows like Thurston Lava Tube in Big Island of Hawaii, or Lava River Cave in Oregon in Washington State, you’d love Craters of the Moon lava tube caves since you’re allowed to explore them.
3. Natural Bridges National Monument
The Natural Bridges National Monument is located near Moab in Utah and features some astonishing natural bridges and Indian remains such as Indian pictographs and cliff dwellings.
4. Dinosaur Diamond Region
Being a fan of Dinosaurs, ‘Dino Region’ had to be on my top 10 natural wonders in USA, and one of the most interesting places to visit in Utah.
Dinosaur Diamond Region is located east of Salt Lake City in Utah and west of Fort Collins in Colorado and the region is famed for being home to some of the best collections of dinosaur remains.
Dinosaur National Monument is open air exhibit that features the remains of thousands of dinosaur bones on a large wall.
5. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest park in California and a true hidden gem in the country which is why it’s on my top 10 natural wonders in USA.
Tha park is home fascinating plants, unusual wildlife like the big horn sheep and the astonishing Font's Point viewpoint where you can get memorable views.
6. Linville Caverns
If you’re exploring western North Carolina, you should make a stop at Linville Caverns to experience the alien-looking stalactites and stalagmites formations, and learn more about how the caverns were discovered.
7. White Sands National Monument
White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world and one of the top 10 natural wonders in USA for sure.
Located south of Santa Fe New Mexico and north of Las Cruces NM, White Sands has truly impressive wave-like dune pattern and, at night, the dunes are astonishingly beautiful under the glow of the moon.
8. Natural Bridge Caverns
Texas is home to some of the most fantastic caverns in the states such as Longhorn Caverns and Inner Space Cavern, located miles from Austin Texas.
However, Natural Bridge Caverns are some of the most spectacular and beautiful ones and some of the easiest accessible caves to tour in the US.
9. Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park is home to some of the most fascinating natural attractions in the USA, and it is only miles west of the City of Las Vegas.
Death Valley is home to old mining sites, canyons, amazing desert wildlife, ephemeral fields of wildflowers and huge salt flats. It doesn't come as a surprise why Death Valley is on our list of popular National Parks in California
10. America’s Stonehenge
Similar to the Stonehenge being one of the most popular holiday destinations in England, America’s Stonehenge is a mysterious formation of astronomically aligned rocks which are said to be over 4000 years old.
These megalithic formations are located in southern New Hampshire, 30 miles north of Boston.
Since it can’t be determined whether humans built them or not, I’ll include them on my list of top 10 natural wonders in USA.
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