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National Monuments off the Beaten Path

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May 20th 2010
We left Cortez looking for Yucca House National Monument, but never found it. Apparently it's a pile of rubble somewhere with no signs telling where it is. So we turned onto an unknown road (no name or highway number) and followed the sparse signs to Hovenweep National Monument. We did manage to find it after a pretty, but sometimes bumpy ride along McElmo Canyon. From the visitor center we wa ... read more

North America » United States » Utah

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more