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Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

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.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Unique geological formations in China, featuring some suggestive shapes.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.