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Are you ready to play the puzzle from NPR? Here we go!

Summer is almost here, and you may be thinking about places to travel this year I'm going to describe some tourist destinations in the United States. The initial letters of the descriptions are also the initials of the places. You name them.

Ex. Washington Home --> WHITE HOUSE

 


    1.   Gigantic Chasm

    2.   Pilgrims Reached

    3.   Edifice So Big

    4.   Assorted Casinos

    5.   Merchandise Offered Abundantly

    6.   Newlywed Fun

    7.   Literature Omnibus Collection

    8.   Blues Scene

    9.   'Frisco Waterfront

   10. Magma Suddenly Heaved

   11. Yields Nature's Panorama

   12. Rockettes Can Manage Here

 





Answer Keys 

    1.     Grand Canyon

    2.     Plymouth Rock

    3.     Empire State Building

    4.     Atlantic City

    5.     Mall of America

    6.     Niagara Falls

    7.     Library of Congress

    8.     Beale Street or Basin Street

    9.     Fisherman’s Wharf

    10.  Mount Saint Helens

    11.  Yellowstone National Park

    12.  Radio City Music Hall

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