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The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

Founded in 1933, this creamery has produced world-class cheeses and was the first American creamery to win a world champion title at the World Cheese Awards.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

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

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

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

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

In eastern Oregon, two mineral hot springs sit along the Malheur River in a fairly desolate area where peace and quiet are abound.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

A desert journey through atomic history.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.