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Pleasure Ridge Park
(Encyclopedia)Pleasure Ridge Park, uninc. town (1990 pop. 25,131), Jefferson co., N Ky. It is a residential suburb of Louisville.La Grange Park
(Encyclopedia)La Grange Park, village (1990 pop. 12,861), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1892. Pens are manufactured there.Valles Caldera National Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Valles Caldera National Preserve väˈyās [key], 89,766 acres (36,343 hectares), N N.Mex.; est. 2000 by Valles Caldera Trust, transferred to National Park Service 2015. Formerly part of the vast, pri...Saint Louis Park
(Encyclopedia)Saint Louis Park, city (1990 pop. 43,787), Hennepin co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis; settled 1854, inc. 1886. There is printing and publishing, machining, food processing, and the manufacture o...Point Reyes National Seashore
(Encyclopedia)Point Reyes National Seashore rāˈĭs [key], 71,068 acres (28,772 hectares), W Calif.; est. 1962. Included in the area are steep bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, lagoons, and esteros enclosed by...Mount Robson Provincial Park
(Encyclopedia)Mount Robson Provincial Park rŏbˈsən [key], 803 sq mi (2,080 sq km), E British Columbia, Canada, in the Rocky Mts. W of Jasper, Alta.; est. 1913. It is a dominion forest reserve, containing high pe...Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
(Encyclopedia)Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, c.639 sq mi (1,655 sq km), S Calif., occupying most of E San Diego co. and neighboring portions of Riverside and Imperial cos.; est. 1933. Part of the Colorado Desert, ...National Gallery
(Encyclopedia)National Gallery, London, one of the permanent national art collections of Great Britain, est. 1824. The nucleus of museum was the 38-picture collection of the late English banker John Julius Angerste...national assembly
(Encyclopedia)national assembly, name of a number of past and present constituent or legislative bodies. In France, under the constitutions of the Fourth and Fifth republics, the lower house of parliament has been ...National Mall
(Encyclopedia)National Mall: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Browse by Subject
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