The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

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

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.