Canyon Hides Prehistoric Riddles

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Birdbrain Treaty Puts Isle in Limbo

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How Maryland Fooled the British

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Heavenly isle hides Aaron Burr and other conspirators.

See this West Virginia tale on page 120.
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Mystery Hill called "American Stonehenge."

Read this New Hampshire tale on page 74.
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Dry Falls once was site of the world's greatest waterfall.

See this Washington tale on page 118.
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The tapered Foshay Tower was the first architectual design to receive a U.S. patent.

The building's odd history is revealed on page 62.
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The Ames Pyramid sits forgotten in Wyoming.

Discovor more on pages 58 and 20.
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The remnant lake was a bend of the Missouri River above Carter Lake, Iowa, explaining why the town is on the Nebraska side of the great river.
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Poker Jim Cemetary in North Dakota's badlands is named for a most colorful cowboy.

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The complex at Four Corners celebrates the only point where four states meet.

Find out if it's misplaced on page 110.
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George Washington's beloved Mt. Vernon is the site of his death.

Discover the strange circumstances of his death on page 116.
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Lake Peigneur in Louisiana was the site of a speedy draining of the lake when a oil rig pierced a vast salt mine below.
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This satellite image reveals Centralia as a near ghost town due to decades-old underground fires.

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Wheeler Peak was the site of a significant scientific "oops" as researchers cut down the world's oldest tree.

Find out more on page 72
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Hoover Dam construction claimed 112 lives. The first and last were a father-son duo who died on the same date separated by 13 years.
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Sitting Bull's gravesite in South Dakota. Or is it?

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Skull 'Speaks' of Prehistoric Kindness

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