Winona, Missouri
Rocky Falls
A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.
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Winona, Missouri
A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.
Lake City, Colorado
These towering cliffs crystalize each winter, forming sheer walls of ice that are open for climbing.
Creede, Colorado
A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.
Lake City, Colorado
This National Natural Landmark is one of the best examples of a “mass wasting” in the world.
Logan, Ohio
Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.
Nevada
A large wave-cut shelter, a major archeological site, overlooks the dry basin of Winnemucca Lake.
Nixon, Nevada
This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.
Page, Arizona
Archaeologists believe this panel of petroglyphs depicting descending sheep and other figures in Glen Canyon are 3,000 to 6,000 years old.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Tonalea, Arizona
At certain times in the fall and winter, the sunlight makes this natural sandstone arch glow.
Eagle Nest, New Mexico
Spectacular 300-foot cliffs in a lush mountain canyon.
Oakley, Kansas
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
Winona, Kansas
Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.
Bunkerville, Nevada
Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.
Clark County, Nevada
The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.
Bunkerville, Nevada
An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.
Clark County, Nevada
Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.
Nevada
An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.
Nevada
This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.
Overton, Nevada
Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.
Moapa Valley, Nevada
A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.
Reno, Nevada
A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.
Verdi, California
A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.