Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Sliding Rock
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
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Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Cora, Wyoming
The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.
Ross, North Dakota
The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.
Bowman, North Dakota
This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.
Jamestown, North Dakota
Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.
Crystal Falls, Michigan
Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.
Delta, Alabama
The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.
Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.
Buena Vista, Colorado
At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.
Blairsville, Georgia
Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
New York, New York
The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Tombstone, Arizona
The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.
Phoenix, Arizona
Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.
Safford, Arizona
One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Des Moines, New Mexico
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Three Rivers, New Mexico
More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.