California
Eureka Dunes
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
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California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
Inyo County, California
A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.
Bodfish, California
One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.
Three Rivers, California
A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Three Rivers, California
These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.
Inyo County, California
Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.
Hobro, Denmark
A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Middlesboro, Kentucky
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.
Northome, Minnesota
A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.
Old Station, California
Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.
Inyo County, California
This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.
Forks, Washington
A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.
Hume, California
This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Bolivia
Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Sacramento, California
Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.
San Diego, California
Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.