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Washington, D.C.
National Capitol Columns
The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.
38.9104, -76.9676
Mammoth Lakes, California
Devils Postpile National Monument
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
37.6501, -119.0740
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Mosquito Bay
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
18.1012, -65.4438
Moab, Utah
Moab Rock Shop
This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.
38.5823, -109.5524
Kanab, Utah
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.
37.0365, -112.7151
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Isa Lake
The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
44.4419, -110.7185
Washington, D.C.
Watergate Gas Station
This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.
38.9004, -77.0567
Ronks, Pennsylvania
Strasburg Rail Road
This vintage short line in Amish country runs passenger steam train excursions and still hauls freight.
39.9831, -76.1607
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Memorial
This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.
39.7796, -77.2607
Ronks, Pennsylvania
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
A huge railroad museum with over 100 pieces of rolling stock focusing on the railroad history of Pennsylvania.
39.9822, -76.1602
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Cyclorama
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
39.8112, -77.2247
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ben Franklin Bridge Pedestrian Tunnel Mural
One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.
39.9544, -75.1481
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Horseshoe Curve
This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.
40.4982, -78.4858
Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania
Hickory Run Boulder Field
A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.
41.0361, -75.6839
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
41.0772, -75.0264
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Longwood Gardens
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
39.8712, -75.6747
Pioneertown, California
Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
34.1566, -116.4931
Inyo County, California
Artist's Drive
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
36.3299, -116.8300
Kayenta, Arizona
Mystery Valley
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
36.9086, -110.1868
Mexican Hat, Utah
Mexican Hat
This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.
37.1737, -109.8488
Flagstaff, Arizona
Pluto Discovery Telescope
A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.
35.2039, -111.6658
Flagstaff, Arizona
Wupatki National Monument
This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.
35.5234, -111.3688
Flagstaff, Arizona
Lowell Observatory
This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.
35.2030, -111.6647
Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, Newfoundland and Labrador
Rose Blanche Lighthouse
Newfoundland's last remaining granite lighthouse.
47.6031, -58.6935
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