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This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

This subterranean treasure trove is said to contain a motorcycle, a Chevy, and a teal leisure suit.

The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.