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Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.

Penn State's giant bug collection.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

West Virginia’s largest bog is home to rare carnivorous plants.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

When California condors were hovering on the brink of extinction, this recovery program was charged with helping the birds thrive again.

A wondrous place to watch a special flower bloom.

This short-lived tea and silk farm is believed to be the first permanent Japanese settlement in North America.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."