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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.

Inside

New Orleans, Louisiana

Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The bar still stands.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The pastries at Lagniappe Bakehouse are worth waking up for.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lagniappe Bakehouse

Rise early for Kaitlin Guerin’s coveted sweet and savory pastries.

A street name in tiles in New Orleans' French Quarter.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Street Name Tiles of New Orleans

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Montgomery, Alabama

National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

1895 Exposition Steps

Atlanta, Georgia

1895 Exposition Steps

Final remnants of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.

Earth Goddess

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Botanical Garden

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

Parking Lot Shoeprints

Las Vegas, Nevada

Parking Lot Shoeprints

A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.

Omega Mart

Las Vegas, Nevada

Omega Mart at Area 15

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

Caesars Palace Spiral Escalators

Las Vegas, Nevada

Caesars Palace Spiral Escalators

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

Big Edge appearing to defy gravity

Las Vegas, Nevada

The Big Edge

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Mount Rainier

Ashford, Washington

Mount Rainier

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

The main entrance to the Museum.

Tukwila, Washington

The Museum of Flight

An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.

Caribbean pineapple cornbread

Seattle, Washington

Nue

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

Vine covered columns activists hope to preserve.
Permanently Closed

Seattle, Washington

Seattle's Ramps to Nowhere

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Looking north along Golden Gate Range.  Note the grazing cattle; grazing is still permitted in the national monument.

Adaven, Nevada

Basin and Range National Monument

A large, remote national monument highlights the typical geologic structure seen in Nevada.

Incised channel in Water Gap.  Note culverts.  Looking downstream.

Lund, Nevada

Water Gap

The site of an improbable and ill-fated attempt to use dammed floodwaters for irrigation.

Complex City

Hiko, Nevada

Complex City

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

Smith Rock State Park

Terrebonne, Oregon

Smith Rock State Park

Spectacular volcanic cliffs along the Crooked River invite hiking, rock climbing, and photography.

Both highway bridges, the old one in front.  Looking upstream.

Terrebonne, Oregon

Crooked River Bridges

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

Painted Hills

Mitchell, Oregon

Painted Hills

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

I. B. Perrine Bridge

Twin Falls, Idaho

I. B. Perrine Bridge

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

Kings Bowl and Great Rift from air. King's Bowl is a phreatic explosion pit 280 feet (90 m) long, 100 feet (30 m) wide, and 100 feet (30 m) deep, caused by lava meeting groundwater and producing a steam explosion 2,200 years ago. (Wikimedia Commons)

Arco, Idaho

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

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