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Our Subpar National Parks

Amber Share of Subpar Parks is producing illustrations of real one-star reviews of America’s National Parks from apparently dissatisfied park visitors. Zion National Park is a bit standoffish:

Subpar Parks

Newsflash: Sequoia National Park is outdoors and has insects:

Subpar Parks

From a bored Joshua Tree guest:

Subpar Parks

Follow along with the rest of these on Instagram โ€” Share is doing one drawing for each National Park and she’s got many more still to go. Prints, postcards, stickers, and tshirts are available from her shop (or will be soon).

Update: See also beautiful photos paired with one-star reviews of the places in question and Snowbird’s creative ad campaign based on one-star reviews. (via @ebellm & @mattgist)