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Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

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

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.