Monticello, Utah
Newspaper Rock
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
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Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Far Hills, New Jersey
Home of the golf club used by Alan Shepard on the moon, and more artifacts from the sport's history.
Vail, Arizona
Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Tamarugal, Chile
Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.
Huara, Chile
One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.
Iceland
A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.
Iceland
In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.
Hanksville, Utah
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Campamento Geotermico Corfo, Chile
The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.
Torrey, Utah
A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.
Costa Mesa, California
A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Iceland
Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.
Iceland
Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.