1. Head to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming’s crown jewel that needs no introduction. It's a geothermal mass of activity home to 500 geysers including Old Faithful, the most famous and a joy to behold at sunrise.

2. Also in Yellowstone, visit Mammoth Hot Springs, a series of terraced limestone formations and steaming waters that constantly change shape and color.

3. Discover the Devils Tower National Monument, a jaw-dropping geological feature that rises 867 feet above Wyoming’s rolling prairies and the Black Hills that gained attention as the backdrop to the 1977 Steven Spielberg movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

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