Inyo County, California
Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
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Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Depoe Bay, Oregon
The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
St. Francisville, Louisiana
A Rodeo for Prisoners.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Salzburg, Austria
Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Oregon City, Oregon
Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.
Chula Vista, California
The American rainmaker and a burst dam.
Olympia, Washington
Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.
Hilo, Hawaii
Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.