Salem, Oregon
Waldo Park
One of the world's smallest city parks is only 12 by 20 feet.
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Salem, Oregon
One of the world's smallest city parks is only 12 by 20 feet.
Kingman, Arizona
The world’s first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles.
Seattle, Washington
One of the best views of the city is tucked away at the top of a water tower.
Incline Village, Nevada
A granite primate with a view.
Twin Falls, Idaho
This hulking rock formation balances on a pedestal that is 3 feet by 17 inches.
Fairview, Utah
One of the most intact and well-preserved skeletons of a mammoth in the world is displayed in a tiny Utah town.
North Canaan, Connecticut
The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.
Royal, Nebraska
When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.
Richmond, British Columbia
Historic site that showcases the history of British Columbia's fishing industry.
Fire Island, New York
A rare forest habitat nestled behind two sand dunes.
Granite, Oregon
A glimpse of mining history just beyond the tree line.
Kemmerer, Wyoming
You can dig for your own 52-million-year-old fish fossils.
Julian, California
Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.
Terra, Utah
Ancient volcanic activity made this into an exciting rockhounding site.
Mount Hamilton, California
A 19th-century California philanthropist is entombed beneath the telescope he funded.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
This rustic, seasonal eatery sits on a family-owned produce farm specializing in sustainable agriculture.
Odessa, Texas
One of only two exposed meteor impact craters in the United States
Signal Hill, California
Here began Southern California's oil boom over 100 years ago
Niland, California
The world's only moving mud pot has left a path of destruction to local infrastructure
New Madrid, Missouri
This local museum documents centuries of history along the Mississippi, from mound builders to massive quakes.
Kelowna, British Columbia
Cross towering trestles and tunnels on a historic canyon rail trail.
Fountain Hills, Arizona
An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Moab, Utah
This now-protected stone circle is an archeological mystery and a stellar viewpoint.