Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
New York, New York
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Vienna, Virginia
An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Lesterville, Missouri
Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.
Yakutat, Alaska
Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.
Koloa, Hawaii
A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.
Chipley, Florida
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
La Pointe, Wisconsin
These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
Coral Gables, Florida
This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.
Whigham, Georgia
This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.