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Steðji / Staupasteinn
A goblet-shaped rock that, according to lore, is the home of an elven hermit.
Crow Agency, Montana
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
A memorial to the most decisive Native American victory of the Plains Indian War.
Harrison, Nebraska
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.
Helen, Washington
Hanford Reach National Monument
The only undammed section of the Columbia River in the United States has been preserved, ironically, by its proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Hagerman, Idaho
Hagerman Fossil Beds
An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.
Ruse, Bulgaria
Pantheon of National Revival Heroes
A Soviet-style monument, built after transferring the remains of heroes from their graves.
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Preserving the LGBTQ Legacy of One of America's Most Historic Homes
Boston’s Longfellow House was a 19th-century refuge.
Adaven, Nevada
Basin and Range National Monument
A large, remote national monument highlights the typical geologic structure seen in Nevada.
El Paso, Texas
Chamizal National Memorial
This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.
Lagro, Indiana
Hanging Rock National Natural Landmark
This rock formation above the Wabash River is part of an ancient coral reef.
Mountainair, New Mexico
Salinas Pueblo Missions
The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.
New York, New York
Gay Street
An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Tule Springs Fossil Beds
This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.
Redlands, Colorado
Independence Monument
For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.
Chinle, Arizona
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.
Aztec, New Mexico
Aztec Ruins National Monument
The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.
Jensen, Utah
Quarry Exhibit Hall
Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.
La Pine, Oregon
Newberry Caldera
Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.
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