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The most underrated sites at our national parks — according to a guy who’s seen them all

John Day Fossil Beds | Bernard Friel/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Before Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took his great big American road trip, Mikah Meyer did it first. Meyer is a travel writer and blogger. In 2019, he became the first person to visit all of the National Park Service sites in a single journey — over 400 in total. The full list includes national monuments, battlefields, and rivers — and the 63 national parks that most of us think of when we plan our summer trips. Now, with ultra-high gas prices, park staffing shortages, and funding cuts to the NP...