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A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This mural celebrates the early integration of a New Hampshire baseball team.

The final resting place of the man who played the Invisible Man.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

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

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.