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Oatman Donkey Town

Oatman, Arizona

Oatman

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

Area 66

Yucca, Arizona

Area 66

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

 Fort Mojave Twins

Fort Mohave, Arizona

Fort Mojave Twins

Two geoglyphs that are truly unique to North America.

The Ghost Town of Nothing, Arizona

Nothing, Arizona

The Ghost Town of Nothing, Arizona

Nothing to see here.

Hole-in-the-Rock

Phoenix, Arizona

Hole-in-the-Rock

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

Nankoweap Granary

North Rim, Arizona

Nankoweap Granaries

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.

The old and new Navajo Bridges, from the Colorado River.

Marble Canyon, Arizona

Navajo Bridge

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

Entrance to Lonely Dell.

Marble Canyon, Arizona

Lee's Ferry and Lonely Dell

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

Overhead photo of the viewing deck

Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona Falls

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

Las Pozas

Xilitla, Mexico

Las Pozas

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

Teddy Bear, named after President Theodore Roosevelt. One of the earliest stuffed bears, called "Teddy Bear," by the Ideal Toy Company, 1903. It is on view in the National Museum of American History exhibition "The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden."

Washington, D.C.

First Teddy Bear

The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

Cabazon's T-rex dressed up for Valentine's Day

Cabazon, California

Cabazon Dinosaurs

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

December 2008

Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac Ranch

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Shiprock

Shiprock, New Mexico

Shiprock

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Vatican City walls.

Vatican City

Vatican City Walls

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Buddha at Seokguram

Gyeongju, South Korea

Seokguram Grotto

Visiting this grotto is symbolic of a spiritual journey into Nirvana.

Bunhwangsa

Gyeongju, South Korea

Bunhwangsa

This grand temple complex from the Old Silla era of Korea is home to a stone pagoda that was build in the 7th century.

The entrance was made facing the direction that allowed in the least amount of warmth.

Gyeongju, South Korea

Gyeongju Seokbinggo

An early Korean refrigerator.

A plaque marks the spot where the Axe Murder Incident of 1976, inside the DMZ.
Permanently Closed

Paju, South Korea

Korean Axe Murder Incident Memorial

A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.

One of the structures on Wolji Pond.

Gyeongju, South Korea

Wolji Pond

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

Bridge of No Return
Permanently Closed

Paju, South Korea

Bridge of No Return

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

The observatory.

Paju, South Korea

Dora Observatory

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

Cheomseongdae

Gyeongju, South Korea

Cheomseongdae

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

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