Government shutdown closes national parks, monuments, museums
A barricade prevents visitors from entering the interior of the Badlands National Park near Wall, S.D. All national parks were closed after Congress failed to pass a temporary funding bill. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
German tourist Franzi Peters shows her frustration as fellow traveler Nils Vogel snaps her photo at the closed entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A tourist takes a picture of Mt. Rushmore from outside the park in Keystone, S.D. Mt. Rushmore and all other national parks were closed after Congress failed to pass a temporary funding bill. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
A sign is placed in the ticket office of the World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington announcing that National Park Service facilities were closed. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Barricades are put up and visitors are herded away from the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington after the government shutdown took effect. (Shawn Thew / EPA)
Rasim Akin Sevimli, a tourist from Turkey, was planning to visit the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Tuesday but the closest he could get was taking a photo from outside. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)
Fay Wagstaff of El Paso sits on the steps of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, closed Tuesday after Congress failed to agree on a government funding resolution. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)
Tourists who had hoped to visit the Statue of Liberty on Tuesday were disappointed when they found that the monument was closed. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)
Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia was closed by the government shutdown, though visitors can still see the Liberty Bell through the window. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)
The Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial west of Paris is closed due to the U.S. government shutdown. American troops killed in World War I and World War II are buried at the cemetery. (Pierre Andrieu / AFP/Getty Images)