Three Rivers, California
Glowing Millipedes of Sequoia National Park
These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.
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Three Rivers, California
These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Las Vegas, Nevada
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Fort Bragg, California
Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Dolores, Colorado
Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.
Winters, California
If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Inyo County, California
A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Sacramento, California
Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.