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Ra Paulette's Hand-Carved Caves

New Mexico

Ra Paulette's Hand-Carved Caves

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

Many ornate statues and obelisks are used as markers here.

Sacramento, California

Sacramento Old City Cemetery

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

The gargoyle photographer

Palencia, Spain

The Photographer Gargoyle

The camera-toting gargoyle juts out from the exterior of a Gothic cathedral.

The memorial stone and St Margaret's Church in the background.

Ratlinghope, England

Grave of the Last Sin-Eater

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

Eureka Dunes

California

Eureka Dunes

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Mark Twain's cabin.

Sonora, California

Mark Twain's Cabin

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

The underground bookstore.

Sonora, California

Legends Books, Antiques & Soda Fountain

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

The Alabama Hills

Lone Pine, California

The Museum of Western Film History

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Methuselah Tree

Big Pine, California

Methuselah Tree

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The Zalud house

Porterville, California

Zalud House

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

The "Slim Princess," Engine #9

Bishop, California

Laws Railroad Museum

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Smithsonian Institution Shelter on Mount Whitney's summit, Sierra Nevada, California.

Whitney Portal, California

Mount Whitney Summit Shelter

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

Allensworth

Earlimart, California

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

Bishop Tuff

Mono County, California

Crowley Lake Columns

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Olympic Black Power statue

San Jose, California

Olympic Black Power Statue

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

St Margarets Well

Oxford, England

Saint Margaret's Well

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

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