Standing watch over Wyoming’s sprawling northeastern prairies, Devils Tower is a remarkable sight. Sacred to many Indigenous peoples, the geological wonder was formed from molten rock over millions of years and rises some 867 feet from its base to its flat summit – that makes it the largest example of columnar jointing in the world. It became America’s first National Monument way back in 1906.

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