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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…

St. Joseph, Michigan - © Kenneth Keifer / Shutterstock

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…

Oishi Park, Japan - © Francesco Libassi / Offset

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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