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The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

At 11,500 feet in elevation, there is no toilet in the state closer to the sky than this one.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

The only place in the Grand Canyon where an automobile can be driven to the Colorado River

This abandoned open-pit copper mine features stunning turquoise mineral pools and excellent rock-hunting opportunities.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.

An improbable set of attractive limestone caverns forms the centerpiece of Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.