To celebrate the final weekend of National Park Week, we"re at Joshua Tree National Park in southeastern California, about a three-hour drive from Los Angeles. This 1,235-square-mile stretch of land where the Mojave and Colorado Deserts converge was declared a national monument in 1936, then was redesignated a national park in 1994. That status protects a wide variety of plant and animal life, including the eponymous Joshua tree, which can be found growing mostly in the hills on the Mojave side of the park.
A garden of prickly delights
Today in History
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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Kangaroo family for National Hugging Day
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International Day of Forests
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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A path to access
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Coral Reef Awareness Week
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Mount Rainier National Park
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The roots of invention
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Avatars of the Wolf Moon
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Earth Day
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Kirkjufell, Iceland
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A tower of light
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Happy trails for the 21st century
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Old Town Quito
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Green fields of grain
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Pride 2025
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Friendship Day
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Spring equinox
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Welcome to California
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