Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

This former INS center is now home to a thriving community of artists, from performers to painters to architects.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.