Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
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Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Nashville, Tennessee
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Greenbelt, Maryland
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
Kensington, Maryland
The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.
Bethesda, Maryland
Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.
Sterling, Virginia
These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.
Bristol, Virginia
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Torrey, Utah
A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Thompson, Utah
A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.
Henrieville, Utah
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Garfield County, Utah
Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Winter Park, Colorado
Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.
Golden, Colorado
"All Mountains - All The Time."
Leadville, Colorado
An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.
Central City, Colorado
This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.