Shiprock, New Mexico
Shiprock
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
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Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Seattle, Washington
Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Ludlow, California
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
New York, New York
From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.
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.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Crestline, California
Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Hellam, Pennsylvania
Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.
Cougar, Washington
The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.