Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Morning Glory Pool
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
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Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Austin, Texas
Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Waco, Texas
Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Simsboro, Louisiana
The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.
Paris, Arkansas
A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.
Marfa, Texas
This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.
Marfa, Texas
A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 filmĀ "Giant."
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Marfa, Texas
Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Culberson County, Texas
The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.
Culberson County, Texas
Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."