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Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

This is one really big nut.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.