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Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

A replica that won't float away.

The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

A Texas landowner spelled out his name with three miles of trees, a giant signature that's been used by NASA to evaluate satellite imagery.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.