Inyo County, California
Badwater Basin
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
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Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Gallup, New Mexico
John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Bishop, California
The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
Inyo County, California
Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Brumadinho, Brazil
The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.
Breezanddijk, Netherlands
The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.
Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.
Moab, Utah
This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Seney, Michigan
"The Most Boring Road in the State."
L'Anse, Michigan
This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Harrison, Nebraska
Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.