Mayer, Arizona
Arcosanti
An urban laboratory.
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Mayer, Arizona
An urban laboratory.
Phoenix, Arizona
A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.
Blackfoot, Idaho
This museum glorifies the humble potato.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Junction City, Kansas
A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.
Minneapolis, Kansas
A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.
Lindsborg, Kansas
Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.
Lucas, Kansas
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
Oakley, Kansas
A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.
Oakley, Kansas
Home of mutant livestock.
Goodland, Kansas
Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.
Oakley, Kansas
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
Jamestown, North Dakota
A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Regent, North Dakota
One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Rapa Nui, Chile
This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Battle Mountain, Nevada
Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.