Posts on travel — Page 8

Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre near Morrison, Colorado is one of the most striking natural formations in the country — towering sandstone monoliths that happen to double as one of the world's best concert venues.

A 70-foot waterfall in Boulder Canyon just 11 miles from Boulder — a 100-yard walk to something genuinely dramatic tucked into the canyon walls.

A year-round ice field near Idaho Springs, Colorado — a 1.5-mile hike at 11,000 feet where people ski in August and the alpine lake below is impossibly clear.

A quiet overlook park in the Kansas City area with river views and trails through cedar bluffs — one of those places locals keep to themselves.

The Gateway Arch from the St. Louis riverfront — a walk along the Mississippi that puts one of America's great monuments directly overhead.

A five-tiered observation platform in East St. Louis with the best straight-on view of the Gateway Arch and the St. Louis skyline across the Mississippi.

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 charming historic town on the Missouri River with riverfront parks, a nature sanctuary, and a downtown that actually delivers on its small-town character promise.

A paved multi-use greenway through the Kansas City Northland, following Line Creek through wooded corridors with a small waterfall tucked inside.