National Parks — Travel
6. Yellowstone National Park
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One of the main attractions at this park is Old Faithful, the highly predictable cone geyser. The craziest fact I learned about it was that it was once used for washing laundry. Apparently Linen and Cotton cloths were uninjured but Woolen cloth was torn to shreds.
5. Badlands National Park
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The name Badlands comes from the Lakota, who first called it “mako sica”, meaning “land that is bad”. The lack of water, strange rock formations, and northern temperatures were the likely reasons
3. Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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Teddy Roosevelt lived in the North Dakota territories at times in his life and even credits it to his presidency. He loved the territory and sometime after his death, land was sought out to create a park in honor of him.
1. Glacier National Park
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I recently kicked off a brand new video series all about my national park paintings. But I thought the stories and fun facts would make for a good blog too!