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The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley and the Henry Mountains is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

This former wildlife sanctuary is being transformed into an art park.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

The longest covered bridge in Delaware.

Hidden behind an empty field resides this early 19th-century cemetery.

A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

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