article_snippet.sent: the US may have been made for you and me, but America's diamond deserts and redwood forests could net a sizable amount of cash if we ever decided to sell it, according to a new study.
article_snippet.sent: All the land in the US was worth a combined $23trillion in 2009,  combination of tax and real estate data in a paper published by the Commerce Department as revealed.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers estimated that land in America, minus all the buildings, roads and trees on top of it, achieved it peak value of $26.2 trillion in in 2006 before sliding down three trillion dollars in three years.
article_snippet.sent: America is worth $23trillion, according to new study .
article_snippet.sent: Prices may have rebounded since the end of the economic recession, but new study paints the widest ever picture of how much the ground beneath our feet is actually worth.
highlights_snippet.sent: Study from Commerce Department says US was worth $26trillion in 2006 .
  