Inyo County, California
Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
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Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Beatty, Nevada
A land of debatable treasure.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Vernal, Utah
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
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.
Reykholt, Iceland
Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.
Portland, Oregon
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Seattle, Washington
The gravestones in this lost burial ground were bulldozed and replaced with houses and a dog park.
Seattle, Washington
Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.
Seattle, Washington
A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.
Seattle, Washington
Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Lincoln City, Indiana
The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.
Lynchburg, Tennessee
All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.