Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Morning Glory Pool
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
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Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
San Francisco, California
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
San Francisco, California
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.