Reno, Nevada
Pyramid Lake
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
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Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Bend, Oregon
The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.
Phillipsville, California
A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.
Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Napa, California
The largest drain hole in the world.
Petaluma, California
The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Brooklyn, New York
Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.
New York, New York
Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?
New York, New York
Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
New York, New York
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
New York, New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
New York, New York
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
Huara, Chile
One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.
Arica, Chile
70,000 empty bottles of Coke comprise an ad seen only from the air.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Puerto Maldonado, Peru
This space-age looking obelisk rises over a city in the rainforest, meant to resemble the local castaƱa tree.
Tambopata, Peru
The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.