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Monuments
A trove of quirky natural features, historic sites — and wide, wild open spaces.
Alaska
Admiralty Island
Aniakchak NM and Preserve
Cape Krusenstern
Misty Fjords NM and Wilderness
Alabama
Russell Cave
Arizona
Canyon de Chelly
Casa Grande Ruins
Chiricahua
Hohokam Pima
Montezuma Castle
Navajo
Organ Pipe
Petrified Forest NM - see Petrified Forest NP
Pipe Spring
Rainbow
Saguaro NM - see Saguaro NP
Sunset Crater
Tonto
Tuzigoot
Vermilion Cliffs
Walnut Canyon
Wupatki
California
Cabrillo
Devil's Postpile
Lava Beds
Muir Woods
Redwood NP
Pinnacles
Colorado
Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP (formerly National Monument)
Colorado
Dinosaur
Florissant Fossil
Great Sand Dunes
Hovenweep
Florida
Castillo de San Marcos
Fort Matanzas NM
Georgia
Fort Frederica
Ocmulgee
Fort Pulaski
Iowa
Effigy Mounds
Idaho
Craters of the Moon
Hagerman Fossil Beds
Louisiana
Poverty Point
Maryland
Fort McHenry NM and HS
Minnesota
Pipestone
Grand Portage
Missouri
George Washington Carver
Montana
Little Bighorn Battlefield NM
Nebraska
Agate Fossil Beds
Scotts Bluff
Homestead NM of America
Nevada
Lehman Caves
New Mexico
Aztec Ruins
Bandelier
Capulin Volcano
El Malpais
El Morro
Fort Union NM
Gila Cliff Dwellings
Petroglyph
Salinas
White Sands
New York
Castle Clinton
Fort Stanwix NM
Statue of Liberty
Ohio
Mound City Group NM
Route 3, Box 47
Beatrice, NE 68310
(402) 223-3514
Oregon
John Day Fossil Beds
Oregon Caves
Newberry National Monument
South Carolina
Congaree Swamp
Fort Moultrie
Fort Sumter
South Dakota
Jewel Cave
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Texas
Alibates Flint Quarries
Utah
Cedar Breaks
Dinosaur
Grand Staircase - Escalante
Hovenweep
Natural Bridges
Rainbow Bridge
Timpanogos Cave
Virgin Islands
Buck Island Reef
Virginia
Booker T. Washington NM
George Washington Birthplace
Washington
Mount St Helens
Wyoming
Devils Tower
Fossil Butte

NP = National Park
NM = National Monument
HS = Historic Shrine

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