Sequoia National Park, California
General Sherman
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
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Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
San Francisco, California
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.
Tucson, Arizona
In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.
Victoria, British Columbia
This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
West Glacier, Montana
The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.
Fort Macleod, Alberta
Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Winslow, Arizona
This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Fruita, Colorado
It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Velarde, New Mexico
A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
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.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."