The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

This is one really big nut.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.