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Maquoketa Caves

Maquoketa, Iowa

Maquoketa Caves State Park

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

North Falls in August 2017.  Telephoto view.

Mehama, Oregon

Silver Falls State Park

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

White Pocket at night

Marble Canyon, Arizona

White Pocket

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

Longhorn Cavern

Burnet, Texas

Longhorn Cavern

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

Mexican Hat

Mexican Hat, Utah

Mexican Hat

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

Looking down the Gorge from the footbridge at its head.

Tuttle, Idaho

Malad Gorge

Some 46,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption led to a flooding event that carved this short canyon with steep vertical walls.

Window arch in the City of Rocks.

Almo, Idaho

City of Rocks

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

Amazing Views

Marshall, Indiana

Rocky Hollow–Falls Canyon

A hidden canyon deep in the woods of Indiana offers visitors a spectacular experience in nature.

The Griffin Monument

Silver Plume, Colorado

Griffin Monument

This cliffside memorial marks the final resting place of a lonely violinist.

Pioneer women.

Kearney, Nebraska

The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

O'heo pools

Kula, Hawaii

'Ohe'o Gulch Pools (Seven Sacred Pools)

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Abandoned Mt. Alava Aerial Tramway

Utulei, American Samoa

Abandoned Mt. Alava Aerial Tramway

The site of abandoned cable car system provides expansive views of Tutuila and nearby capital Pago Pago.

Turtle and Shark

Vaitogi, American Samoa

Turtle and Shark

Rocky cove with large smashing waves tied to an important Samoan cultural story.

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

1930s murals by Paul Ninas.

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Sazerac Bar

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The Tree of Life

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Tree of Life

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The museum is stuffed with old bottles.

New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Carousel Bar in 1968.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Carousel Bar

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

West Virginia’s New River Gorge Bridge is the longest steel bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

Lansing, West Virginia

Bridge Walk

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
The Cathedral Café has been serving it's community for more than 120 years.

Fayetteville, West Virginia

Cathedral Café

Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
Kaymoor Mines

Fayetteville, West Virginia

Kaymoor Mines

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

You'll never unsee it now.

Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Marble Stripe

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A piece by French artist JR. This was a photograph of immigrants who had been marked for deportation, awaiting their appeal hearing.

Jersey City, New Jersey

Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Aerial view of the tower and surrounding landscape.

Hamden, Connecticut

Sleeping Giant Observation Tower

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

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