The Arboretum was formalized in 1986, it consists of 64 acres of woods, meadows, swamp, ponds, old apple orchards, a glacial esker, and a bog.
Category: Nature
Mount chocorua – New Hampshire
Seno Otoway Pinguin Colony – Punta Arenas, Chile
Seno Otoway is home of one of the two largest colonies of penguins in Punta Arenas.
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Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield MA
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary has 12 miles trails surrounded by forests, meadows, wetlands, drumlin, and esker. The sanctuary is part of the Eastern Essex County Interior Forest Important Bird Area.
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Everglades
The Everglades is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin and part of the neotropic ecozone.
Torres del Paine – Patagonia, Chile
Torres del Paine National Park s a national park encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes, and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia. The Torres del Paine are the distinctive three granite peaks of the Paine mountain range or Paine Massif. They extend up to 2,500 meters above sea level, and are joined by the Cuernos del Paine.
Cueva del Milodón – Patagonia, Chile
Mount Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, MA
Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first rural cemetery in the United States. With classical monuments set in a rolling landscaped terrain, it marked a distinct break with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated graveyards.
Mount Auburn Cemetery was inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and was itself an inspiration to cemetery designers, most notably at Abney Park in London. Mount Auburn Cemetery was designed largely by Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn with assistance from Jacob Bigelow and Alexander Wadsworth.
MUSA – Mexico
In 2009 a monumental underwater contemporary museum of art called MUSA (Museo Subacuático de Arte) was formed in the waters surrounding Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc.
Cenotes – Mexico
A cenote is a natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath.
-Cenote Saamal-
Located at Hacienda Selva Maya outside the city center of Valladolid, Mexico. This open air cenote is surrounded by pristine, tropical jungle. Open to the sky, this natural pool is surrounded by high walls and entry is via many steps down to water level.
