Cañon City, Colorado
Skyline Drive
This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.
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Cañon City, Colorado
This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
La Junta, Colorado
The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.
Three Forks, Montana
These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.
Afton, Wyoming
A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."
Medicine Bow, Wyoming
A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Parowan, Utah
Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Lucas, Kansas
This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
Seneca Falls, New York
A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
Mount Angel, Oregon
World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.
Heath, Massachusetts
A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.