Mono County, California
Crowley Lake Columns
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
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Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Lone Pine, California
The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.
San Bernardino, California
A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.
New York, New York
A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.
New York, New York
The "Seinfeld" diner.
Queens, New York
A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.
Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Brooklyn, New York
Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Dayton, Nevada
The smallest country in the world.
Lordsburg, New Mexico
The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Inyo County, California
A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.
Bishop, California
The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.
San Diego, California
Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.
Inyo County, California
This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.