Shoals, Indiana
Jug Rock
The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.
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Shoals, Indiana
The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.
Indianapolis, Indiana
The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.
Crawfordsville, Indiana
The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.
Mooresville, Indiana
This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.
Bloomington, Indiana
A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.
Bedford, Indiana
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Three Forks, Montana
For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.
Anaconda, Montana
A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!
Forest Grove, Montana
A scenic ravine with an astounding collection of rock art created by the Indigenous people of the Great Plains.
The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.
Ekalaka, Montana
This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.
Park County, Montana
A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.
Worden, Montana
The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.
Cameron, Montana
A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.
Whitehall, Montana
The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.
Butte, Montana
New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Panguitch, Utah
Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.
Elberta, Utah
This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.
Green River, Utah
This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.
Duchesne County, Utah
The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.