1. Death Valley, CA
A section of the Mojave Desert, Death Valley is the lowest, driest, hottest place in North America.
2. Kilauea, HI
Kilauea, on the Big Island of Hawaii, sends streams of lava steaming into the Pacific Ocean.
3. Monument Valley, UT
The sandstone buttes of Monument Valley stand like towers in the Four Corners region of the Western US.
4. Niagara Falls, NY
The tourist vessel “Maid of the Mist IV” does a float-by of the American Falls.
5. Redwoods, CA
The tallest trees on the planet hide out in a few remaining tracts of Northern California’s old-growth coastal forests.
6. Grand Canyon, AZ
A mile down from the canyon’s rim, the Colorado River is still cutting.
7. Mammoth Cave, KY
Mammoth Cave National Park protects a portion of the longest known cave system in the world.
8. Florida Everglades
The Everglades are a 60-mile-wide, super-slow-moving subtropical river covering the tip of Florida.
9. Hubbard Glacier, AK
Where Hubbard Glacier meets the sea, its 6-mile-wide face calves huge blocks of ice.
10. Black Hills, SD
Harney Peak (pictured at top), within the Black Hills National Forest, is the highest east of the Rockies.
11. The Mississippi
This monster river system drains 31 US states and is the fourth longest in the world.
12. Bryce Canyon, UT
Bryce can be more accurately described as an immense eroded amphitheater, populated with hoodoos (pictured at middle).
13. Mt. Desert Island, ME
The island is protected by Acadia National Park and is all rocky shoreline and crumbly mountain woodland.
14. Crater Lake, OR
Collapsed volcano, now a deep blue lake in southern Oregon.
15. Arches, UT
The national park preserves land that’s home to over 2,000 of these weathered sandstone arches.
16. Yosemite Valley, CA
Looking down the Yosemite Valley, you can see Bridalveil Falls and the granite cliff of Half Dome in the distance.
17. Carlsbad Caverns, NM
The caverns’ “Big Room” is the third largest cave chamber in North America.
18. Old Faithful, WY
This geyser in Yellowstone National Park erupts a 140-foot spout of water at regular 45- to 120-minute intervals.
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