Arco, Idaho
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
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Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Tillamook, Oregon
The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.
Crater Lake, Oregon
A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.
Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Reno, Nevada
The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
West Yellowstone, Montana
The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."
Dillon, Montana
The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.
Libby, Montana
Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.
Nashua, Montana
This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.
Three Forks, Montana
For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.
Anaconda, Montana
A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!
Three Forks, Montana
A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.
Butte, Montana
High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.
Glendive, Montana
The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.
Helena, Montana
Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.
Red Lodge, Montana
Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.