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This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.