Philippi, West Virginia
Mummies of Philippi
Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.
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Philippi, West Virginia
Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
San Francisco Mazapa, Mexico
Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.
Aguascalientes, Mexico
A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
Empire, Nevada
The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Nye County, Nevada
The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Kanab, Utah
Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.
Panguitch, Utah
Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.
Vernal, Utah
A unique collection of drawings that represent Fremont Native American culture.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Payson, Utah
A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Green River, Utah
This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.
Fairbanks, Alaska
North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."