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Zion National Park in southwestern Utah is a landscape of towering sandstone canyon walls, ancient cultural history, and hikes that range from gentle riverside strolls to vertiginous ridgeline scrambles above the clouds.

One of the oldest and tallest active lighthouses on the Great Lakes, built in 1880 on Lake Michigan north of Racine — tours available and the grounds are always open.

Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas is unlike any other national park — it sits inside a small city, and the park's thermal springs have drawn everyone from Native American tribes to 1930s gangsters to baseball players looking for a soak.

Missouri best-preserved water-powered gristmill, built in 1908 on Huzzah Creek — the red building, blue water, and intact original machinery make it unforgettable.

The Gateway Arch at dusk, seen from the riverfront — 630 feet of stainless steel that earns its place as the most successful public monument in the country.

A ruined stone castle on a bluff above the Lake of the Ozarks — one of Missouri's most dramatic and surprising landmarks.

A bright red mill beside impossibly blue spring water in the Ozarks — Alley Spring is a perfect summer afternoon in Missouri.

The Route 66 bridge with a legendary bend in the middle, golden in late afternoon light over the Mississippi — a walk you won't forget.

A Route 66 bridge over the Mississippi, now open only to walkers and cyclists — the bend in the middle is real and worth the trip.