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Road Trip to See Quartz Crystals: Petrified Forest National Park
Millions of years ago the Petrified Forest was a lush living forest. Then at some point the trees fell. They were carried away by water and the trees were covered in silt. Today the area doesn’t resemble the forest of two million years ago. It’s unlike any “forest” you’ve ever seen.
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Tusayan Indian Ruins In the Grand Canyon
Visiting the Grand Canyon? If you want to see how the Pueblo Indians lived over 800 years ago stop by the Tusayan Native American ruin and museum. This national historic site is located within the Grand Canyon National Park.
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Arizona Native American Ruins: See One of the Largest Pueblos at Tuzigoot
Tuzigoot is a national monument and one of the best preserved Arizona Native American Ruins. Arizona’s Verde Valley is home to remnants of one of the largest pueblos built by the Sinagua.
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Eerie Hoodoos in a Wonderland of Rocks
Who knew that hoodoos were in Arizona? You can see these fascinating rock formations in a few places throughout the world. In the U.S. they are most famously photographed in Utah. However, we don’t even have to leave the state to see these eerie formations. These fairy chimneys can be seen at Chiricahua National Monument. The hoodoos here are rhyolite and gray in color.
