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This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.