Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
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Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
Shandon, California
A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Creston, South Dakota
A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.
Keystone, South Dakota
The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.
Sundance, Wyoming
An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.
Sundance, Wyoming
This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
San Francisco, California
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Lee Vining, California
Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.
Mono City, California
This large chunk of dark rock is a relic from an ancient volcanic eruption.
Lee Vining, California
A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.
Mono Mills, California
A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.
Scheelite, California
For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.
Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
Buena Vista, California
The first lookout in Yosemite.
June Lake, California
A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.