The West offers a wide selection of remarkable national monuments . But the United States has also been home to some truly extraordinary places that have inspired generations of Americans. See where Mount St. Helens destroyed 230 square miles of forest with volcanic ash in 1980 .
The West offers a wide selection of remarkable national monuments . Devil 's Tower was featured in Steven Spielberg 's `` Close Encounters of the Third Kind '' See where Mount St. Helens destroyed 230 square miles of forest with volcanic ash in 1980 .