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Sidetrakn

Raconteur, Photographer, Philosopher, Maker of Noise and Things (often that make noise), Avian and Quadruped Advocate and Vociferous Protector of the Past

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Places visited in Leadore, Idaho

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Seven Magic Mountains

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Stephanie Vermillion

Added by Stephanie Vermillion

Las Vegas, Nevada

Atomic Museum

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Alex

Mount Charleston, Nevada

Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Memorial

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

Added by Baoma bobo

Benicia, California

Suisun Bay Ghost Fleet

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Goldfield, Nevada

Paste Eater's Grave

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Tonopah, Nevada

McFarthest Spot

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Denali

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Sun Valley, Idaho

The Hemingway Memorial

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

Nate Pedersen

Added by Nate Pedersen

BREN Tower

Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.

Golconda, Nevada

Midas Ghost Town Saloon

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Thunder Mountain Monument

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

Added by julib82

Gerlach, Nevada

Fly Geyser

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Tre

Stokes Castle

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

hana

Hole in the Ground

Massive crater in central Oregon.

Corbett, Oregon

Vista House at Crown Point

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Added by alexandracoakley

Warrenton, Oregon

The Wreck of the Peter Iredale

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

canuck

Added by canuck

Crater Lake, Oregon

Crater Lake

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

canuck

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Portland, Oregon

The Witch's Castle

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

zichk

Royal Peacock Black Fire Opal Mine

Mine your own precious stones.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Nye County, Nevada

Sedan Crater

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

Added by jchris7588

Yucca Mountain Repository

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

Added by LongNow

Little A'Le'Inn

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Added by zackofalltrades

Las Vegas, Nevada

Atomic Liquors

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Added by LongNow