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This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.

Some 46,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption led to a flooding event that carved this short canyon with steep vertical walls.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.

Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

Idaho’s largest, deepest limestone cave is known for its quirky rock formations and bat population.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

This set of hot springs also comes with fantastic views.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.