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California’s Pinnacles National Monument is America’s newest National Park. The monument gets its name from its spires and rock formations. It is also home to the California condor, rare chaparral vegetation and carpets of wildflowers.
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California’s Muir Woods has a rich and varied history, from its use by the Coast Miwok people to the early days of tourism. Its declaration as a national monument honors the origins of America’s conservation and preservation movements.
Supported by National Geographic, a team of archaeologists recently discovered the foundation of George Washington's childhood home near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Researchers work to clean and catalogue artifacts from the farm's remains hoping they will reveal more about Washington's storied youth. Segment of video from Wild Chronicles Series.
More than two and a half miles below the ocean's surface, the wreckage of the Titanic rests on the seafloor. The legend of the Titanic was larger than her size, and finding the wreck site opened a door to not only exploration and scientific study, but to salvage as well. The United States negotiated an international agreement with representatives of the United Kingdom, Canada, and France. This agreement recognizes the wreck site as a memorial to those who died and a wreck of great archaeological, historical, and cultural importance.
Using mud, clay, and tons of stone, ancient civilizations built buildings and monuments that are still standing today. The Egyptians built the Great Pyramid with an accurate measuring system, the ability to calculate areas and volumes of triangles, and a tremendous workforce that transported 1,000 tons of stone each day for 15 years. Other civilizations, such as the Romans, created marvels of engineering like the dome of the Pantheon, and built clean cities that included conveniences such as water management and sewers.
