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Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

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

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.