Pavement Ends: Explore the canyons of the Midwest

Friday, October 14, 2016

We don't have anything that compares to the Grand Canyon, but Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois have rugged terrain with valleys deep enough to be called canyons. In local parlance, we typically call these hollows or shut-ins, but we also have ravines, gorges, holes and even a vortex.

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