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This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A mecca of Mexican art and cuisine just over the border.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.