Things to see and do The United States Of America

By visiting the Josemartitrail.org website, you can download a map that will allow you to make a guided tour on the traces of the famous Cuban José Marti and Cuban immigrants in the th century. The ideal is to download the Guidigo application on your smartphone and then search "Ybor City, José Martí Trail": by launching the application, you can find the map in real time with GPS and follow audio explanations for each site (only in English).

These impressive geological formations, with their colour gradients, owe their name to their similarity to the Amerindian tipis. They have been forged over thousands of years, with floods and strong gales. They are made of layers of sandstone and clay. We drive along the Petrified Forest Road to the Tepees.

A 4 hectare hike in an incredible cactus "garden" in the middle of the Joshua Tree desert. Here grows the Teddy bear cholla, a cactus with a fluffy teddy bear look, hence its name - be careful, in reality, its spines are very sharp! From January to May, many species of cactus in this area flower, giving the desert an unreal and colourful face. Beware of children on these cactus-lined trails!

An agglomerate of rocks tight against each other sculpts the silhouette of a camel.

Like an open window on the north of the valley flanked by Elephant Butte and Cly Butte, North Window offers a privileged view of East Mitten Butte. Note that you have to walk about five minutes on a road not accessible to cars to reach this point of view.

Located on a mountainous plateau overlooking the city center, the historic cemetery dating from the Victorian era is a popular attraction for visitors. Created in 1878, the cemetery first welcomed the graves of the newcomers from Deadwood: minors, prospectors, prostitutes, bandits… In the 1880 s, the city's Catholic cemetery was closed and merged with Mount Moriah's. Many dead have been transferred and other graves, already present, have been displaced. Also, it is not uncommon for employees to find human bones even today when they are forced to dig the ground. The cemetery is particularly famous for the graves of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane (who claimed that he was her husband and the father of his children) and the locally famous Potato Creek Johnny.

In summer, stop at the Visitor Center to get a plan and more information on the cemetery. The site is divided into 4 sections: the part dedicated to the Jewish community, the Potter's Field which brings together unknown people buried without a distinctive sign, a part dedicated to the many dead children of typhus, plague and cholera, and another to the workers deceased during a fire in a sawmill.

Atlatl Rock is one of the first outstanding formations from the west entrance of the park. Atlatl was a primitive weapon of hunting designed to propel arrows. The huge rock mass that is circumvented by a loop of approximately 2 miles is covered with 4 000-year-old petroglyphs. Some scenes represent this ancestor of the bow that gave his name to the place. A campsite of 43 pitches is located at the foot of Atlatl Rock.

In a city obsessed with records, there was a need for such a museum. Let's eat a lot of kids.

This state park occupies more than 2,400 hectares in the Atchafalaya basin, an area once inhabited by the Chitimacha tribe. With its incredible hydrographic network, this park is the ideal place for nautical activities (canoes, kayaks and boats can be rented on site). You can also spend the night with several camping options (camping with or without services, canoe-camping, glamping) and nice cottages on stilts. There are also three hiking trails.

Beach protected from currents by a reef. Ideal for children. But beware of the few rocks.

To view the lava flow, or sink lava, you must park and walk the marked trail on foot. We walk on a stretch of hardening lava, quite impressive. At the end, on the right, there is a huge cloud of smoke caused by the flow of lava from puuoo into the ocean. Most of the time you can see only the cloud and no lava. You must come before sunrise or at night to distinguish color from lava. In any case, and even if it's very tempting, you should never walk away from marked trails! The soil is unstable and boiling: it was fatal to many curious imprudent. Finally, before leaving, it is recommended to call the park standard to know exactly where the lava sink is: volcano is active and changes in trajectory occur daily. It's a question of luck, actually… if ever, when you stay on Big Island, you hear that the casting is particularly easy to observe, because we know that generally enough, you have to go to the park soon because it may not last.