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Akyazı, Turkey

Suluklugol

Fantastic lake on the heart of a fault line.
Rufisque, Senegal

Lake Retba

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Hanging Lake

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.
Fort Bragg, California

Glass Beach

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Corbett, Oregon

Multnomah Falls

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Key Biscayne, Florida

Neptune Memorial Reef

An underwater city for the dead.
Crater Lake, Oregon

Old Man of the Lake

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.
Coulee City, Washington

Dry Falls

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.
Calipatria, California

Slab City

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Butte, Montana

The Berkeley Pit

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
Clackamas County, Oregon

Bagby Hot Springs

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.
Brookfield, Vermont

Floating Bridge of Brookfield, VT

One car at a time please.
Victoria Falls, Zambia

Devil's Swimming Pool

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.
Napa, California

Monticello Dam Morning Glory Spillway

The largest drain hole in the world.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Orfield Labs Quiet Chamber

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Bakken Museum

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.
Goodland, Kansas

Giant Van Gogh Painting

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.
Memphis, Tennessee

Silky O'Sullivan's

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Britt, Iowa

The Hobo Museum

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.
La Crosse, Kansas

Kansas Barbed Wire Museum

A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.
Iron Township, Missouri

Elephant Rocks State Park

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Center of the Universe

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.
Kansas City, Missouri

The Holy Finger of Kansas City

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.
Seattle, Washington

Blue Moon Tavern

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.