What national park is big enough to contain this entire sprawling mountain range within its borders?
Chisos Mountains, Texas - © Billy McDonald / Shutterstock
An old saying goes, 'Once you have seen the beauty of this mountain, there is no need to see another.'
Huangshan, China - © Martin Ruegner / Masterfile
Waterfalls in this national park number in the thousands, and this is one of the most beautiful.
Yosemite National Park, California - © Danilo Ruiz / Moment / Getty Images
Deep forests, glassy lakes, and high mountains are home to a thriving population of brown bears.
Shiretoko National Park, Japan - © Jochen Schlenker / Masterfile
A canopy of green rainforest surrounds this idyllic waterfall, and the river below is really that blue.
Tenorio Volcano National Park, Costa Rica - © Matteo Colombo / Moment / Getty Images
Most of the glorious acres in this nature park are also part of an international biosphere reserve.
Bavarian Rhön Nature Park, Germany - © Cornelia Dorr / Huber / eStock Photo
All is calm here at the North Pier, as the sun shines and water ripples in a gentle breeze, but…
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In the far south of its country a park is split into two sections, each one as scenic as the other.
Serra Geral National Park, Brazil - © Roberto Peradotto / Moment Open / Getty Images
Lots of people are familiar with many parts of this very long shoreline, but did you know…
Trinidad, California - © Itai Rom / 500px / Getty Images
A ribbon of road stretches more than 400 miles across vast tundra and through remote mountains.
Dalton Highway, Alaska - © mantaphoto / iStock / Getty Images
The colors of the ground cover here depend on the time of year, but that majestic peak…
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Shiretoko National Park, Japan - © Rayints /Shutterstock
What could possibly make the windswept, sea-washed, and rugged Northumberland coast any moodier?
Dunstanburgh Castle, England - © robertharding / Masterfile
One of the largest remaining nesting habitats for these iconic birds happens to be in...
Algarve, Portugal - © Nicolás Durán / age fotostock
The sublime light of this painting is part of the reason it's characteristic of a style called Luminism.
Painting by Sanford Robinson Gifford - © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
One nickname for this area is the Valley of a Thousand Kasbahs, and another is the Valley of Roses.
Kalaat m'Gouna, Morocco - © Rudolf Ernst / iStock / Getty Images Plus
If one nature reserve is good, how about a half dozen of them all neighboring each other?
Limón Province, Costa Rica - © iacomino FRiMAGES / Shutterstock
It’s highly likely that every national park on Earth is going to be at least a little picturesque.
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile - © zhuxiaophotography / Shutterstock
A stroll through one of these places offers a glimpse of what life was like many centuries ago.
Singleton, England - © Anthony Hall/ Adobe Stock
What’s better than a colorful picture of the wonder and majesty found deep within the universe?
Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy - © ESA / Hubble & NASA, Y. Chu / NASA