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Landscapes - North America

America and Canada are blessed with large tracts of land that they can inhabit.  The USA more than Canada since most of the latter is ice or close to it. What they lack in amazing cityscapes or pedestrian friendly areas where people work and live they more than make up in wilderness. What the nations have done exceptionally well is to reserve thousands of acres as National Parks so that mankind's steady march does not eat up what ever is available to chew on. This results in amazing and secluded acres that one can literally get lost in.  My favorite parks in America include Yosemite in northern California and the Rockies that run the north south spine of the continent. The geographic area known as the Colorado Plateau which is approximately acerage that makes up the four corners of four states in SW USA is worth exploring by foot.  Eons of geology has shaped red sandstone into amazing and awe inspring formations that no architect on earth can hope to accompli...