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Governor’s House, and Red-footed booby, Morning Glory Pool, Grand Canyon National Park Black bear, Great Smoky San Juan National Historical Site Papahaˉnaumokuaˉkea Yellowstone National Park © MICHAEL BELL PIXABAY/SKEEZE Mountains National Park © HARVEY BARRISON © KRIS KRUG JEFF SULLIVAN PHOTOGRAPHY © MICHAEL LOYD

2 1 Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / 3 Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek vii • ix vii • viii • ix • x WASHINGTON - 1981 Waterton-Glacier ALASKA (US), CANADA - 1979 Features temperate rainforest, glaciers, International Peace Park Over 24 million acres of wild lands and peaks, alpine meadows, old-growth vii • ix waters are changed by glaciers and forest, and wilderness coastline. Critical Montana (US), Canada - 1995 volcanic activity. habitat for endangered species including World’s first international peace park. Rich www.nps.gov/glba, www.nps.gov/wrst northern spotted owl and bull trout. biodiversity and outstanding scenery with www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/yt/kluane www.nps.gov/olym prairie, forest, alpine, and glacial features. www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore © MIKE CRISS Grinnell Point www.nps.gov/glac © MIKE KOCH Old Faithful © MARK STEVENS www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/waterton/ © STEVE BOND 23 Yellowstone National Park vii • viii • ix • x Mounds 4 WYOMING, MONTANA, State Historic Site IDAHO - 1978 Preserved for All Humanity iii • iv Renowned for geothermal features, ILLINOIS - 1982 Yellowstone has the world’s largest With over 1,100 properties, the World Heritage List This urban complex flourished 1000– concentration of geysers. Protects 1350 CE (Common Era). Regional cen- shows a shared global commitment to preserve the grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk. ter for prehistoric . www.cahokiamounds.org www.nps.gov/yell world’s most important natural and cultural sites. Learn more about the World Heritage sites in the © JIM WARK/AIRPHOTO 22 United States, described here with selection criteria Statue of Liberty 5 Redwood National in Roman numerals (details other side), location, in- i • vi and State Parks NEW YORK - 1984 scription year, and websites. The Passport booklet This gift from France to the United States is vii • ix a symbol of international friendship, peace, CALIFORNIA - 1980 progress, freedom, democracy, and human Coastal mountain home to California brown World Heritage Sites in the United States can be pur- migration. Renowned for art and engineering. pelicans, sea lions, bald eagles, and ancient chased at www.eparks.com. For more on the World www.nps.gov/stli redwood forest—the world’s tallest trees. Pixabay www.nps.gov/redw Heritage List: whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/us. © AMY HUDECHEK

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Papahaˉnaumokuaˉkea 21 6 iii • vi • viii • ix • x HAWAII - 2010 This vast living “cultural seascape” embodies kinship of people to place in Native Hawaiian vi cosmology. Includes seamounts, endemic PENNSYLVANIA - 1979 species, critical habitats, and coral reefs. An international symbol of www.papahanaumokuakea.gov freedom and democracy, this Greg McFall / NOAA 18th-century building is where the Declaration of Indepen- dence and Constitution were created and signed. 20 Hawai’i Volcanoes www.nps.gov/inde National Park © TODD LANDRY viii HAWAII - 1987 21 Earth’s greatest mass of volcanoes, 7 including Mauna Loa and Kilauea, PACIFIC tower over a “hotspot” in the man- OCEAN Hawaii tle. Continuous geologic activity 20 viii • ix • x builds an ever changing landscape 0 800 Kilometers FLORIDA - 1979 home to rare and endemic species. 0 800 Miles North America’s largest subtropical www.nps.gov/havo wilderness has several vital habitats for NPS plants and animals including Florida 19 panthers and manatees. Key area for bird migration and breeding. vii • viii www.nps.gov/ever CALIFORNIA - 1984 © CARLTON WARD JR. Glacial erosion helped sculpt 18 this scenic landscape. Soaring granite cliffs, polished domes, Chaco Culture high waterfalls, sequoia groves, Castillo San wilderness, deep-cut valleys, iii - 1987 Felipe del Morro and alpine meadow habitats. © ANGEL LOPEZ www.nps.gov/yose Prehistoric, monumental masonry structures © JOCELYN PANTALEON HIDALGO in Chaco Canyon, along with a network of roads and outlier sites like Aztec Ruins, exhibit the vast influence of the ancestral Puebloan La Fortaleza and San Juan culture on the Southwestern landscape. National Historic Site www.nps.gov/azru, www.nps.gov/chcu The 20th-century Architecture © OJEFFREY PHOTOGRAPHY vi of Frank Lloyd Wright - 1983 ii Strategic defensive structures 8 EIGHT US LOCATIONS - 2019 represent early European military These buildings reflect the worldwide architecture, engineering, and influence of American architect Frank Lloyd history in the Americas. 10 www.nps.gov/saju Wright. Using innovative materials and Solomon R. designs, his organic architecture blurs the Guggenheim Monumental Earthworks boundary between nature and humanity. Museum of www.savewright.org © ARND DEWALD iii 17 LOUISIANA - 2014 Earthen construction complex of five mounds, six concentric ridges, iii and a central plaza dates to 3700– COLORADO - 1978 3100 BCE (Before Common Era). Prehistoric village sites­, including hundreds of 16 www.povertypoint.us ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, provide www.nps.gov/popo glimpses into the past and present lifeways of Carlsbad Caverns National Park © LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM the Southwest’s American Indian peoples. www.nps.gov/meve vii • viii © MICHAEL KANEMOTO NEW MEXICO - 1995 Great Smoky Mountains 9 11 This extensive cave system is profusely National Park decorated with spectacular and ornate Mammoth Cave National Park 15 cave formations. Huge chambers, unusual vii • viii • ix • x vii • viii • ix Grand Canyon National Park origin, bat flights, and desert ecosystem. NORTH CAROLINA, KENTUCKY - 1981 TENNESSEE - 1983 vii viii ix x www.nps.gov/cave 100 million years of geological history continues • • • Among earth’s oldest mountains, ARIZONA - 1979 NPS in the world’s longest network of natural caves the Smokies feature old-growth This grandest ongoing geological spectacle is and underground passageways. Some flora and forest and thousands of species. a stunning display of Earth’s history. Volcanic fauna are known to exist only here. www.nps.gov/grsm features, eroded landforms, waterfalls, white- www.nps.gov/maca © KEN GABLES water, and an array of plants and animals. NPS www.nps.gov/grca 13 © Tom Gotchy San Antonio Missions ii 12 TEXAS - 2015 and the University Five frontier mission complexes and of Virginia in Charlottesville Taos 14 a ranch date to the 1700s. Styles i • iv • vi iv weaving Spanish and indigenous VIRGINIA - 1987 NEW MEXICO - 1992 elements showing an interchange The sites of President Thomas Jefferson’s The dwellings and ceremonial buildings of of cultures and values. plantation home and “academical village.” this pre-Hispanic settlement illustrate Mission Concepción www.nps.gov/saan Jefferson’s architectural designs link the traditional architecture and culture of the © ALEX ALDANA www.thealamo.org American and classical ideals. Pueblo people of Arizona and New Mexico. www.monticello.org, www.virginia.edu www.taospueblo.com © Ellen Dunn Monticello © JACK LOONEY PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION