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Mystery Photo Revealed: A Whale's Skull At Point Reyes National Seashore

Those bones in Mystery Photo 67 are from the skull of a female gray whale and can be found at the top of the stairs to the lighthouse at Point Reyes National Seashore in California.

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October 6th, 2022

Mystery Photo 65 Revealed: High Bridge Over Stehekin River

High Bridge marks the end of the route for the Stehekin shuttle bus. Disembarking the bus and crossing the bridge over the clear, cold, frothing water of Stehekin River, takes you from Lake Chelan National Recreation Area into North Cascades National Park.

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September 17th, 2022

Mystery Photo 63 Revealed: An Army's Paperwork

During his stay in New Jersey during the cold winter of 1778-79, General George Washington lived in the Ford Mansion. This sprawling, three-story home had been built just several years earlier for Jacob Ford, Jr.

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August 5th, 2022

Mystery Photo Revealed: Head Out From Wolfe Ranch

Those who have visited Arches National Park in Utah and headed out to hike to Delicate Arch very likely crossed this bridge, which heads out from the Wolfe Ranch.

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April 15th, 2021

Mystery Photo 60: Go Take A Hike

So many national parks, so many bridges, so little time. This bridge obviously doesn't take you through a dense hardwood forest, but where does it lead?

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April 14th, 2021

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Mystery Photo Revealed: The Bridge Over The North Platte

In 1849 the U.S. Army purchased a fur trading post on the Laramie River in the Wyoming Territory to mount a presence along the emigrant trails that headed west across the Plains. Though it was known as Fort John at the time, the Army renamed it Fort Laramie and quickly enlarged it, creating what would become the largest military presence on the Northern Plains.

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April 7th, 2021

Mystery Photo: We'll Cross That Bridge Smartly!

There are, no doubt, countless bridges spanning waters across the National Park System. This one, built during the 19th century, carried commerce, prospectors, and no small measure of protection for the locals. It's west of the Mississippi, and now as then, off the beaten path.

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April 6th, 2021

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Mystery Photo 58 Revealed: I'll Take 5 Pounds Of Coffee And A Wool Blanket

Stop by this room and you'll be able to load up on sugar, coffee, wool blankets, and other necessities of frontier life.

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November 2nd, 2012

Mystery Photo 58: X Marks The Spot

The good professor might be retired, but that doesn't mean all the Traveler's puzzlers went with him. We'll ease back into Mystery Photos with this easy one.

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November 1st, 2012

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National Park Mystery Photo 56 Revealed: Take A Seat And Wait For The Jerk

Zoom out from the tightly cropped image we used for this Mystery Photo and you'll find a seat at the soda fountain in the Painted Desert Inn in Petrified Forest National Park.

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September 21st, 2012

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