Custer, South Dakota
Crazy Horse Memorial
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
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Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
San Francisco, California
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.
Seattle, Washington
Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.
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.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Monroe, Utah
One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.
Panguitch, Utah
The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.