Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegasās past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.
Waxahachie, Texas
A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.
Royse City, Texas
This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Dallas, Texas
A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.
Fort Worth, Texas
The man who wasn't there.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Plano, Texas
Cockroach Museum features roach celebrities and live hissing cockroaches.
Grand Lake, Colorado
The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.
CaƱon City, Colorado
This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.
Telluride, Colorado
This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.
Aspen, Colorado
Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."
Denver, Colorado
Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.
Central City, Colorado
This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.
Carbondale, Colorado
A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.
Stratton, Colorado
When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.
Livermore, Colorado
16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.