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This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

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

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.