El Prado, New Mexico
Earthships
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
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El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
La Grande, Oregon
A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.
Port Angeles, Washington
Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.
Portland, Oregon
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Culver City, California
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Cougar, Washington
The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Clackamas County, Oregon
Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.