---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: krnarayanan2013 < Subject: Fwd: The 19 Most Beautiful Places In The World Are Hidden In America -------- Original message -------- >From Radhakrishnan Nerur Ramanathan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Krishnan.N Subject: The 19 Most Beautiful Places In The World Are Hidden In America Krishnan.N. *The 19 Most Beautiful Places In The World Are Hidden In America *
*Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming* Fur trappers stumbled upon this "boiling lake" less than 200 years ago. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Kilauea Volcano and Thurston Lava Tube at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park* Kilauea has been spewing lava without stop since 1983 in what is one of the longest-lived volcanic eruptions of modern times. Below it snakes a complex cave network that was carved from a river of lava 500 years ago. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, Maine* George Washington himself oversaw construction on this lighthouse, which originally burned lamps made with whale oil. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska* Snuggled on the tip of Alaska, this Arctic Amazon is bursting with caribou, raptors, wolverines, and... wait for it... baby porcupines. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Salt Lake Temple and Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah* Like at other Latter-day Saints temples, you'll need to get baptized and meet with a bishop before you go inside. Once you do, 10 acres of one of Brigham Young's first churches are yours to explore. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado* We think the indigenous Ute tribe is responsible for the cryptic etchings we've found on this park's red rock walls. We've also found carefully-built fire rings from 3,000 years ago. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Gila Cliff Dwellings in Catron, New Mexico* Scholars are fairly certain these intricate caverns were home to American Indian families over 700 years ago. From them, we've unearthed a mummified infant whom researchers call Zeke. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Palouse Falls in Franklin/Whitman Counties, Washington* In 2009, kayaker Tyler Bradt ran his kayak -- on purpose -- down the 180-foot drop. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Windsor Ruins in Claiborne County, Mississippi* A wealthy landowner used slave labor to build this expansive plantation house in the 1800s. He died a few weeks after moving in, and a freak fire later burned down the building. All that remain are 23 crumbling, solitary columns. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Painted Hills in Wheeler County, Oregon* The different-colored bands represent the hills' slow growth over 30 million years. Archeologists have found remains of primitive camels and rhinos here. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *White Sands National Monument in Alamogordo, New Mexico* This flat is incredibly rare because it's made of gypsum, which is usually dissolved by rainfall. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Horseshoe Bend near Page, Arizona* Grand Canyon looky-loos forget to seek out this funky-shaped bend in the Colorado River, which is "nearby" in Arizona terms. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Castle Rock in Gove County, Kansas* Eons ago, an ancient sea covered the Midwest. This chalk deposit 11 miles off the freeway is our souvenir. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon* Home of the *real* Oregon Trail. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Skagit Valley tulip fields in Mount Vernon, Washington* You don't have to schlep to Amsterdam for fields that burst into bloom-- there's more serenity *and* space at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, which locals celebrate each April. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California* You've always thought "Star Wars" was filmed in a galaxy far, far away. It wasn't. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Gillette Castle State Park in East Haddam, Connecticut* This estate belonged to actor William Gillette, famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes onstage in the 1900s. Gillette named his cobblestoned castle Seventh Sister and installed a series of hidden mirrors to monitor guests at all times. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> *Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Apache County, Arizona* According to Navajo tradition, Spider Rock's second spire is home to Spider Woman, the creator of the free world. [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net] <http://keralites.net> esdx8jhu00 ------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
