Attractions – Page 7 – WANDERLUST FAMILY ADVENTURE

Wall Drug – Wall, South Dakota

August 4, 2020 Joseph Candora Architecture, Attractions, Historic Sites, North America, South Dakota, United States

Wall Drug Store, often called simply Wall Drug, is a roadside attraction and tourist stop located in the town of Wall, South Dakota, adjacent to Badlands National Park. If you are driving west from points east you will see billboards all along the way touting this roadside attraction. Evidence of a different kind of tourism from years ago the family road trip.

New photo by Wanderlust Family Adventure / Google Photos

When you arrive in the town of Wall, Wall Drug consists of a collection of cowboy-themed stores, including a drug store, gift shop, several restaurants, and various other stores, as well as an art gallery and an 80-foot brontosaurus sculpture.

Old Faithful Geyser – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

August 4, 2020 Joseph Candora Architecture, Attractions, Historic Sites, National Parks Service, North America, United States, Wyoming

Old Faithful is a cone geyser located in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States. It was named in 1870 during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to receive a name. It is a highly predictable geyser and erupts within a 90 minute to two hour period regularly. The geyser and the nearby Old Faithful Inn are part of the Old Faithful Historic District.

Always very crowded with the parking lot filling up fast.

The Old Faithful Inn is one of the grand National Park hotels built at the dawn of the NPS.

The Inn barely escaped the Great Yellowstone Fires of 1988.

Many Glacier Region – Glacier National Park, Montana

August 3, 2020 Joseph Candora Architecture, Attractions, Camping, Canoeing, Hiking, Historic Sites, Lake/Pond, Montana, Mountain, National Parks Service, North America, United States

Many Glacier is an area within Glacier National Park which is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The Many Glacier region is located north of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, on the east side of the park. Lake Sherburne is the large lake in the area and the Many Glacier Hotel, the largest hotel within the park, is along the shore of the adjacent Swiftcurrent Lake. The Many Glacier Hotel and surrounding buildings are a National Historic Landmark, with original construction dating back to 1915. Many Glacier is surrounded by the high peaks of the Lewis Range, and numerous hiking trails can be accessed from the area. The region is noted for numerous lakes, waterfalls and dense coniferous forests interspersed with alpine meadows.

Carcross Desert – Carcross, Yukon Territory Canada

August 1, 2020 Joseph Candora Attractions, Canada, Hiking, Historic Sites, Mountain, North America, Yukon

Carcross Desert, located outside Carcross, Yukon, Canada, is often considered the smallest desert in the world. The Carcross Desert measures approximately 1 square mile or 640 acres. Not a true desert as the rainfall and humidity preclude this classification it is actually a series of sand dunes formed during the last glacial period. Glacial lakes were silted up and when the lakes dried up the sand dunes were left behind. Carcross is on the road going from Skagway to the Alaska Highway.

Signpost Forest – Watson Lake, Yukon Territory Canada

July 31, 2020 Joseph Candora Attractions, Canada, North America, Yukon

The Sign Post Forest is a collection of signs at Watson Lake, Yukon and is one of the most famous of the landmarks along the Alaska Highway. It was started by a homesick GI in 1942. He was assigned light duty while recovering from an injury and erected the signpost for his hometown: Danville, Ill. 2835 miles. Visitors may add their own signs to the over 80,000 already present.

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