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One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

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

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.