Gasquet, California
Darlingtonia Trail
A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.
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Gasquet, California
A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Montrose, South Dakota
A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.
Redford, Texas
An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.
Grand Isle, Vermont
Restoring faith in humanity one pie at a time by selling stellar baked goods on an honor system.
South Hero, Vermont
Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.
South Hero, Vermont
This rail trail culminates in a three-mile land bridge only accessible to cyclists and pedestrians.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.
Scarborough, Maine
This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.
Mount Desert, Maine
A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.
Bar Harbor, Maine
These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
West Glacier, Montana
This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.
West Glacier, Montana
The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.