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badgersofdoom

If I was a cat, I would be the killedest of cats.

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Carpinteria, California

Carpinteria Tar Pits

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

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Isla Vista, California

AlloSphere

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

anhie

Santa Barbara, California

Lotusland

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

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Nye County, Nevada

Atomic Bank Vault

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

Yucca Mountain Repository

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

Added by LongNow

Cantil, California

Saltdale

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

Meg

Thunder Mountain Monument

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

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Tom Kelly's Bottle House

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

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Rhyolite Ghost Town

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

Stokes Castle

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

hana

Inyo County, California

Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Dylan

Inyo County, California

Saline Valley Hot Springs

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Tre

Esmeralda County, Nevada

Coaldale, Nevada

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

amboy

Hidden Cave at Grimes Point

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Big Pine, California

Methuselah Tree

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

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Boundary Peak

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

thomasharper

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Little River, California

Pygmy Forest Trail

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Desertrattfink

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Mono County, California

Crowley Lake Columns

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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Mono County, California

Hot Creek Geological Site

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Ysabet

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Dymaxion Car at the National Automobile Museum

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Allison

Added by Allison

Virginia City, Nevada

Ponderosa Saloon

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

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Mammoth Lakes, California

Devils Postpile National Monument

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Tre

Truckee, California

Donner Pass Summit Tunnels

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

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Point Arena, California

Bowling Ball Beach

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Annetta Black

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