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A tiny twin to Seattle's Fremont troll hides from the Florida sun under the Atlantic Boulevard drawbridge.

These constructed wetlands naturally filter millions of gallons of treated wastewater every day.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

Storage units with a wartime past.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

The worst road in Colorado is the main gateway to some of its highest peaks.

Colorado’s second largest natural lake was created by a landslide.

On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

It is the only marker for one of the most famous hate crimes in American history. There are no other memorials for him in the entire state.

A picturesque (all-natural!) beach in a landlocked state.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.