Oxnard, California
La Jenelle Park
Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.
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Oxnard, California
Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.
Camarillo, California
Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Santa Monica, California
On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.
Vernal, Utah
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
Lehi, Utah
Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.
Lehi, Utah
The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.
Price, Utah
The natural history of Utah is on full display inside this museum.
Fruita, Colorado
Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.
Grand Junction, Colorado
This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.
Mack, Colorado
This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.
Moab, Utah
A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.
Moab, Utah
It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Navajo Mountain, Utah
This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Saltville, Virginia
This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.
Nevada
An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.
Willcox, Arizona
Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Green Valley, Arizona
America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.