Yellowstone National Park is not only one of the best parks in the world. It is the first US National Park, being declared so in 1872, and the very first national park in the world. The park is the centerpiece of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the largest remaining nearly-intact ecosystem in the Earth’s northern temperate zone. Since 1978 it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. These facts alone should give you an idea of its…

Right in the southwestern corner of Utah, the Zion National Park offers a wide range of things to do and see. Perhaps, unknown to many, it has a long history dating back to the Anasazi period, with multiple Native American tribes settling in it over the centuries. More recently, Mormons settled in it, and it was constituted as a National Park in 1909 (back then it was named Mukuntuweap National Monument). Unfortunately, not much endure…