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A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

The trunk of this 700-year-old tree measures more than 60 feet around, making it the oldest and largest baobab in Sri Lanka.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.

Above Breckenridge, a destructive mining technique sits sunken in a small pond.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.