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The mystery spot is the building housing the headquarters of Redwood National and State Parks in Crescent City, California. Its unconventional design allows it to straddle a city street, with vehicular traffic passing right through it. This structure was built that way because one of nature’s most awesome forces might send angry torrents of water gushing through instead.

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By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 8:25am

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Update: "Maple Sugaring" Demonstration At Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Rescheduled

A forecast calling for heavy rain has prompted Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area officials to reschedule their "Maple Sugaring Day" for a week. Instead of staging the demonstration this Saturday at Millbrook Village, the event is being pushed back until Saturday, March 20.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 11th, 2010 5:39am

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Temporary Climbing Closures In Place at Rocky Mountain National Park to Protect Nesting Raptors

Some temporary climbing closures have been placed into effect in Rocky Mountain National Park to give raptors some relative peace and quiet during their nesting season.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 11th, 2010 4:30am

Grizzly Bears on the Move In Glacier National Park

Well, the bears are waking up in Glacier National Park. Since the start of the month there have been three separate sightings of tracks, and at least one bruin was compelled to dig a hole in the Belly River area.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 11th, 2010 4:30am

Blind Hiker Plans to Hike The Entire Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Hundreds of hikers set out along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail from Springer Mountain, Georgia, come springtime with sights set on reaching Mount Kathadin in Maine before summer expires. But how many are blind?

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 11th, 2010 4:30am

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National Park Mystery Spot 9: It Helps to Know the Capital of Louisiana

Our mystery spot is a building somewhere in the coterminous states. To know exactly where it is, you must put some clues together first.

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By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 10:42am

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Recent Storms Took A Toll on Cape Cod National Seashore Beaches

While recent storms pounded Mid-Atlantic states and New England with heavy snows, they also pummeled the beaches of Cape Cod National Seashore.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 10th, 2010 5:00am

Anchialine Pools in Hawaii’s Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park are Home to Some Very Rare Creatures

Scientists studying pools in a national park on Hawaii’s Big Island have found what may very well be a species new to science. How cool is that?!

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By Bob Janiskee - March 10th, 2010 4:51am

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Reader Participation Day: Which National Park Brings the Best Out In Your Camera?

It's a given: national parks are great places to take photographs. And yet, there are some parks that seem to produce better photos from my camera than others. Which national parks do you find the most photogenic?

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 10th, 2010 4:50am

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park Announces Plan to Use Volunteers to Help Cull Elk Herd

Park rangers and volunteer hunters could begin work this fall to cull elk herds at Theodore Roosevelt National Park by more than half if the park's elk management plan gains final approval in about a month. NPS photo.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 10th, 2010 4:49am

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