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gpers

Can Atlas discover any more about these faces? Who created them?? https://ocmomblog.com/explore-rock-faces-in-the-mojave-desert/

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Yucca Valley, California

Desert Christ Park

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

KirstenCunningham

Added by KirstenCunningham

Rhyolite Ghost Town

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Corbett, Oregon

Multnomah Falls

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

canuck

Added by canuck

Tucson, Arizona

Mission San Xavier Del Bac

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

Added by jessicaking72

Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Quarry Exhibit Hall

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

colins

Added by colins

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Old Faithful Geyser

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Buffalo Bill Dam

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

Added by palharesf

Powell, Wyoming

Heart Mountain Relocation Center

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

nicolab

Added by nicolab

Oxon Hill, Maryland

The Awakening

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

Added by blimpcaptain

Carbon County, Utah

Nine Mile Canyon

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Ryan Lamb

Added by Ryan Lamb

Peach Springs, Arizona

Grand Canyon Caverns Underground Suite

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Added by zackofalltrades

Blackfoot, Idaho

Idaho Potato Museum

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Added by mreniche

Baker, California

World's Largest Thermometer

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Added by octoberwitch

Bridgeport, California

Bodie State Historic Park

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Added by ogurantz

Yermo, California

Calico Ghost Town

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Added by pushstart143

Cabazon, California

Cabazon Dinosaurs

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

anhie

Cherry Valley, California

Edward-Dean Museum and Gardens

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

darrelmw

Added by darrelmw

Hemet, California

Hemet Maze Stone

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

Blythe, California

Blythe Intaglios

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Added by Doctor Don

Landers, California

Giant Rock

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Added by fta2day

Calipatria, California

Calipatria Flagpole

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

richstaab

Added by richstaab

Calipatria, California

Obsidian Butte on the Salton Sea

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Added by zackofalltrades

Calipatria, California

Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

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