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This statue honoring the most decorated dog of World War I stands in a Connecticut park.

A tribute to the first human in space.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

This small museum is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur specimens found in Montana.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

These 400 million-year-old caves feature honeycomb limestone formations.

In the foothills of the lesser Caucasus, a centuries-old fortress still stands.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

Once a highly polluted body of water has now been transformed into a gorgeous lagoon.

In 1954, two enormous earthquakes occurred just minutes apart, resulting in prominent scarps that extend for miles along the range fronts.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

An out-of-the-way state park in Oregon that features both a picturesque waterfall and the ruins of a hydropower plant.

Every October, one of the largest migration of mammals in the world thunders through Boma National Park.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

A conservation sanctuary for rescued koalas, some of which were saved from devastating Australian bushfires.