National Parks

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Badlands National Park, in South Dakota, features 244,000 acres full of deep canyons and tall spires, wide-open grasslands where prairie dogs roam, and even chances to discover ancient fossil remains鈥, a seven-year-old park visitor found the preserved remains of a saber-toothed cat. The park鈥檚 name originated with the Lakota people; they 听mako sica, which means 鈥渂ad lands鈥 in English, given the lack of water, extreme temperatures, and terrain that was difficult to traverse.
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