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A two-tiered 113-foot waterfall framed by perfect columnar basalt in Oregon's Umpqua National Forest — one of the most photographed waterfalls in the Pacific Northwest.

A 2,000-foot-deep canyon of 1.7-billion-year-old Precambrian rock in western Colorado — one of the most dramatic and least visited national parks.

A quiet Oregon Coast town with a 2,000-year-old ghost forest of buried sitka spruce stumps emerging from the surf at low tide.

The tallest trees on earth along 37 miles of pristine California coastline — a place that requires standing still and looking up for several minutes before it makes sense.

Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana is one of the most dramatic landscapes in North America — alpine meadows, ancient glaciers, turquoise lakes, and wildlife around every bend on the Going-to-the-Sun Road.

California's volcanic spire park with California condors overhead, talus caves, and rock climbing on ancient lava formations moved by the San Andreas Fault.

Nevada's remote national park with 5,000-year-old bristlecone pines, Lehman Caves with 300 shield formations, and Wheeler Peak rising to 13,063 feet.

Exploring Acadia National Park on Maine's Mount Desert Island, where granite summits meet the Atlantic Ocean and the famous carriage roads wind through birch and pine.

Standing among the giant sequoias in Sequoia National Park, California, where the largest trees on Earth by volume redefine your sense of scale and time.