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A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

Let Ouray’s tallest waterfall sweep your breath away on a dealer’s choice of scenic hikes.

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.

Once owned by the largest employer in Colorado, these ovens have been abandoned for over a century.

A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.