Redaktørens note: Vi har siden udvidet vores livsliste til 43 steder rundt om i verden for dyrelivelskere, eventyrsøgere og dem, der søger bare et pusterum fra deres travle tidsplaner.
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De dramatiske glittere med tidevand, der definerer denne park på 3, 2 millioner acre er rester af den lille istid, der begyndte for ca. 4.000 år siden. Med 16 aktive gletschere er Glacier Bay parkens største attraktion. Så sent som for 200 år siden var bugten næsten fuldstændigt dækket af en gletsjer, der var mere end 4.000 fod tyk og omkring 20 mil bred. Men da det trak sig tilbage gennem årene, efterlod det mindre, separate gletsjere. (IStockphoto)
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Fra frodige regnskove til tropiske strande og snedækkede toppe beskytter Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park syv forskellige økologiske zoner og huser verdens mest aktive vulkaner, Kilauea og Mauna Loa. Den mere aktive af de to, Kilauea, har skabt mere end 568 hektar nyt land og begravet næsten ni miles af motorvejen med lava så dybe som 115 fod. (Jim Sugar / Corbis)
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Måske den mest ikoniske park i USA, Yellowstone National Park er berømt for at have den største koncentration af geotermiske træk i verden. Gejsere, dampende fumaroler, flerfarvede varme kilder og kogende mudderpotter udgør de 10.000 kendte termiske pletter i parken. Old Faithful er en af de mest populære og skyder regelmæssigt 8.400 gallons skoldende vand i luften hvert 33 til 120 minutter. Kongressen beskyttede officielt Yellowstone-området i 1872, hvilket gjorde det til den første amerikanske park og den eneste bevare af sin art i verden. (IStockphoto)
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Big Cypress National Preserve ligger i den biologisk mangfoldige Florida Everglades og beskytter mere end 720.000 hektar sump og giver levested for mange pattedyr, fugle, krybdyr og planter unikke for Floridas klima. Det er også hjemsted for otte føderalt opstillede truede arter, der inkluderer Cape Sable-musen ved havet, den vestindiske manatee og Florida-panter. Florida-panteren er det mest truede pattedyr i USA, og næsten 40 af dem lever inden for bevaringsgrænser. (IStockphoto)
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Arches National Park i ørkenen i det østlige Utah kan prale af mere end 2.000 naturlige sandstenbuer dannet af vind- og vanderosion over millioner af år. De røde sandstenbuer strækker sig i størrelse fra en tre-fodsåbning til Landscape Arch, som måler 306 fod fra base til base og er den længste fritstående naturlige klippespænding i verden. Tårnhøje spir, finner og afbalancerede klipper er også kendetegnende for parken, og nogle af de mest unikke formationer kan ses på populære steder som Balanced Rock, Courthouse Towers, Delicate Arch og Fiery Furnace. (IStockphoto)
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Ozark National Scenic Riverways er verdensberømt for mere end 300 kendte huler. Parkens landskab er kendetegnet ved karstterræn - klippemark, fjedre, huler, synkehuller og underjordiske floder. Jam Up Cave er en af Ozarks mest spektakulære, og det er kun tilgængeligt med båd. Indgangen er ca. 80 fod høj og 100 fod bred. Under borgerkrigen modtog nordlige og sydlige soldater lægehjælp i Hospital Cave, der ligger i en klippeklippe, mens landmænd i det omkringliggende område også menes at have brugt Meeting House Cave som et sted. (David Muench / Corbis)
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Fossil Butte National Monument ligger i den sydvestlige Wyoming kolde sagebrushørken og indeholder 13 kvadrat miles af fossilsøen. Denne 50 millioner år gamle søbund går tilbage til eocenalderen og er et af de rigeste fossile steder i verden. Det indeholder nogle af de mest perfekt konserverede rester af gamle fisk, krybdyr, fugle, pattedyr, plante- og insektliv. En kombination af stille, dybe farvande og finkornede søsedimenter skabte forhold, der holdt skeletterne intakte. (David Muench / Corbis)
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Et voksende antal amerikanere i alle aldre fornyer deres vilje til at leve livet fuldt ud.
Udstilling A er den "nylige popularitet af" livslister "- rejsearrangementer for ting at gøre og steder at rejse, inden du tager den ultimative tur til Det store udover. I vores udgave fra januar 2008 satte Smithsonians personale - en så forskelligartet gruppe af rejsende, som du sandsynligvis møder - deres hoveder sammen og kom op en eksklusiv liste over 28 steder, som Smithsonian-læseren måske ønsker at besøge, før ... det for sent.
Responsen var enorm - og da mange Smithsonian-læsere selv har rejst rundt i kloden, modtog vi en hel del mail, der anbefalede flere steder, hvor man skal se.
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