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Featured Article: Devils Postpile National Monument

Devils Postpile National Monument is in the Inyo National Forest in east-central California. See more »

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument

Alibates al uh BAHT eez, Flint Quarries National Monument, is in Potter County in northwestern Texas.

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Aztec Ruins National Monument

Aztec Ruins National Monument lies in northwestern New Mexico.

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Badlands National Park

Badlands National Park is located in southwestern South Dakota.

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Buck Island Reef National Monument

Buck Island Reef National Monument includes an island and the coral reef around it, near the island of St.

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Cabrillo National Monument

Cabrillo, kuh BRIHL oh or kah BREE yoh, National Monument, in California, honors the Portuguese-born explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who served Spain.

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Capulin Volcano National Monument

Capulin KAP yuh luhn, Volcano National Monument, is in northeastern New Mexico.

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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

Casa Grande, KAH sah GRAHN day, Ruins National Monument, in southern Arizona, includes the ruins of a four-story casa grande (big house) built by Indians who irrigated and farmed the land in the Gila Valley 600 years ago.

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Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

Castillo de San Marcos kas TEE yoh duh san MAHRK uhs, National Monument, is in St.

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Castle Clinton National Monument

Castle Clinton National Monument is in New York City.

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Channel Islands National Park

Channel Islands National Park lies off the coast of Southern California, west and southwest of Los Angeles.

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Colorado National Monument

Colorado National Monument, in western Colorado, includes many strange rock formations, such as Devil's Kitchen, Window Rock, and Independence Monument.

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Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park lies chiefly in California.

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Devils Postpile National Monument

Devils Postpile National Monument is in the Inyo National Forest in east-central California.

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Devils Tower National Monument

Devils Tower National Monument is in northeastern Wyoming.

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Dry Tortugas National Park

Dry Tortugas, tawr TOO guhz, National Park includes seven islands, made up of coral reefs and sand, and their surrounding shoals and waters.

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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Florissant, FLAWR uh suhnt, Fossil Beds National Monument is near Florissant, Colo.

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Fort Frederica National Monument

Fort Frederica, frehd uh REE kuh, National Monument is on Saint Simons Island in Georgia.

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Fort Matanzas National Monument

Fort Matanzas, muh TAN zuhs, National Monument is near St.

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Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine is in Baltimore.

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