Greensburg, Kansas
The Big Well
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
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Greensburg, Kansas
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Valdez, Alaska
Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.
Gakona, Alaska
An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Fairbanks, Alaska
North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."
North Pole, Alaska
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Watrous, New Mexico
The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.
Lincoln, New Mexico
The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Hanksville, Utah
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.