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The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

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

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.