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A remote field of nearly pristine sand dunes in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.

A museum dedicated to the life and career of the gifted but controversial general.

One of two trees tied for the distinction of the largest western juniper in Oregon.

An improbable set of attractive limestone caverns forms the centerpiece of Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

A historic highway suspension bridge on the old Fraser River highway has been preserved for non-motorized traffic.

Site of a tragedy on the Oregon Trail.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s airmail navigation network.

A whimsical display of massive metal sculptures made from recycled materials.

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

The first radio telescope dedicated to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Three hangars filled with meticulously restored aircraft and armored vehicles.

A large lava tube that can be walked through with no special equipment.

An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.

A large, historic railroad trestle over the Columbia River is now open for non-motorized traffic.

A surviving concrete arrow from an early-20th-century airmail-navigation network overlooks a reservoir.

The only mine for rare earth elements in the United States has been intermittently active since the 1950s.

At the site of the most dangerous crossings on the Oregon Trail, a museum explores the complex history of westward migration in America.

The birthplace of Las Vegas is now preserved as a historic and natural area.

An enormous boulder deposited by the Scabland floods lies in the Quincy Basin among a host of smaller boulders.

One of Canada's premier radio observatories sits in a radio-quiet valley outside Penticton.

An attractive free-plunge waterfall outside Bend in the Deschutes National Forest.

A former railroad trestle over Interstate 90 has been refurbished for non-motorized traffic on the Palouse to Cascades trail.

The only undammed section of the Columbia River in the United States has been preserved, ironically, by its proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.