Durham, North Carolina
Durham's Hidden Dinosaur
Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.
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Durham, North Carolina
Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.
Sylva, North Carolina
This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.
Bear Creek, North Carolina
A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Socorro, New Mexico
A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.
Mogollon, New Mexico
Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.
Lordsburg, New Mexico
The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.
Pie Town, New Mexico
This popular pitstop lives up to its name.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.
Ponderosa, New Mexico
On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.
Roswell, New Mexico
A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Farmingdale, New Jersey
Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Hamburg, New Jersey
An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.
Mahwah, New Jersey
This 150-year-old train station and caboose have been turned into a railroad museum, enjoyed by young and old alike.
Raritan, New Jersey
In the 19th century, this canal provided power to mills, machine shops, and other businesses in the area.