La Junta, Colorado
Picketwire Canyon Trackway
The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.
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La Junta, Colorado
The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.
El Paso, Texas
Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Hemet, California
This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.
Quartzsite, Arizona
A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Stevenson Ranch, California
This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Baker, California
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Evanston, Illinois
A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.
Evanston, Illinois
The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.
Evanston, Illinois
The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.
Richmond, Virginia
This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.
Kailua, Hawaii
Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.
Naalehu, Hawaii
A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
Hilo, Hawaii
Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.
Hilo, Hawaii
Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.
Troutdale, Oregon
This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.
Lerna, Illinois
The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.
Bishopville, South Carolina
A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.