During our Grand Junction jaunt Labor Day weekend, we drove through Colorado National Monument (http://www.nps.gov/colm/index.htm), which is a geological wonderland. It was established in 1911 by proclamation by President Taft.
There's been discussion about upgrading it to National Park status (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/us/debating-if-colorado-national-monument-should-be-a-national-park.html), but anti-gubbiment concerns and folk who don't want more people to know about "their" monument have put the kibosh on that for the time being (http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_26105204/colorado-national-monument-push-become-national-park-put). It would be nice, at a minimum to change the name to something a bit more descriptive; as the article indicates (and Kay's own misunderstandings highlight), the current name leaves folk pretty much in the dark as to what the heck the place actually is.
And what it is is pretty cool.
(This is a fraction of the pictures I took, just the ones off my phone. There are quite a few on my "real" camera as well.)
Gorgeous