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When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

The temporary burial site of the man who shot and killed Jesse James.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.

Archaeologists believe this panel of petroglyphs depicting descending sheep and other figures in Glen Canyon are 3,000 to 6,000 years old.

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

The most easily accessible intact vertical mine shaft structure remaining in the Red Mountain Mining District.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.