Amber Share's poster shows a cliff dwelling and the quote, 'not much to look at.' Happy visitors at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park were left in on how lava shapes the Earth. RAYZEL: Most reviews for Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado said the Puebloan cliff dwellings are gorgeous. That's really what it felt like reading that one. And they're in the shower later, and they come up with just, like, the best zinger that they have to put out there. It just - it's one of those things where you know they're mad about it. SHARE: The only thing bad about these lands is the entire experience. For Badlands National Park in South Dakota, five-star reviews said the landscape is mind-blowing. The review for Arches turned into her first poster in a series she calls Subpar Parks.

Late last year, she found online one-star reviews for every national park. RAYZEL: Share is a North Carolina-based illustrator. That review caught Amber Share's attention.ĪMBER SHARE: It was kind of like a bolt of lightning. But one disappointed visitor remarked online that the actual arch looks nothing like its license plate counterpart. Daniel Rayzel of member station KSJD has the story.ĭANIEL RAYZEL, BYLINE: Delicate Arch is taller than a four-story building, a sandstone formation perched at the edge of a giant rock bowl in Arches National Park. One artist is using these critical comments to frame her own version of vintage travel posters.

They leave one-star reviews online the way you might do for some pizza delivery place that doesn't put on enough pepperoni for some tastes. But some contemporary visitors to America's national parks are persnickety critics. Kennedy said America's national parks exist so future generations may know the majesty of the Earth, just as they know BJ Leiderman writes our theme music.

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