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Portland, Oregon

Portland Horse Rings

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Crater Rings

Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.

slgwv

Shoshone, Idaho

Shoshone Ice Caves

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

Added by Dr Unicorn

Shoshone, Idaho

Shoshone Bird Museum of Natural History

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

shopper1

Added by shopper1

Minidoka National Historic Site

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

Added by astalans

Niagara Springs

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

SarBow23

Added by SarBow23

West Mercur, Utah

Mercur Cemetery

This creepy, abandoned cemetery is all that remains of a once booming mining town.

Added by antoniodudleyofficial

Metaphor: The Tree of Utah

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Added by emallen

Paul Bunyan's Woodpile

This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.

av6363

Added by av6363

'Kay's Fudge' Gravestone

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

lukefater

Added by lukefater

ATK Rocket Garden

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

slgwv

Devil's Kitchen

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

Added by ivancholakov

The Spiral Jetty

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Added by tvstay

Silver City Cemetery

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

SarBow23

Added by SarBow23

Sinclair Gas Station

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

stumpa

Added by stumpa

Tintic Standard Reduction Mill

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

amandahnk

Added by amandahnk

Spanish Fork, Utah

Dream Mine

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Spanish Fork, Utah

Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple

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.

Added by Soozcat

Paper Airplane Trail

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

Mama Shotts

Added by Mama Shotts

Castle Amphitheater

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

Added by mckaylenker

Provo Tunnels

These 100-year-old tunnels in downtown Provo house artists, restaurants, and a few surprises.

Added by mckaylenker

North Ogden, Utah

Stump Spring

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

Added by hwalker587

Roots of Knowledge Stained Glass

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

Added by Kavya Ram Mohan

Eccles Dinosaur Park

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

KaliaK

Added by KaliaK