Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Attracting about 1 million annual visitors, Badlands National Park might not be the country’s most popular national park, but it’s definitely one of its most awe-inspiring. Encompassing 244,000 acres, the park is home to bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and badgers. It’s also home to one of the world’s richest fossil beds, and it’s working to become an International Dark Sky Park, of which there are only 89 in the United States. Read the full article here.