Badlands Loop Road

Day 3 The Badlands

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June 16th 2017
We visited the Badlands National Park. The park consists of 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires. The terrain looks like the moon. It was once an ancient shallow seabed. As the continental plates pushed and shoved the land rose and the shallow sea drained. The old seabed now consists of hard compacted sand that has been eroded by wind and water. We drove the scenic Badlands ... read more

North America » United States

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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