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      Amboy Crater - Amboy, California 

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      Peter Thody
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      Published on 11-16-2014 03:21 AM

      crater
      Photo by Peter Thody
      Situated just west of Amboy along the National Trails Highway (Route 66), Amboy Crater is an impressive 250 feet high and 1500 feet in diameter. Equally impressive is its distinctive, symmetrical volcanic shape and it is ...
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      Workhouse Arts Center - Lorton, Virginia 

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      Published on 11-14-2014 03:43 AM

      Workhouse Artists Colony
      Photo by Dennis Goza
      Under the impetus of President Theodore Roosevelt, the Workhouse opened in 1910 as a progressive penal institution that employed prisoners in agriculture and ...
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      Shoshone Museum - Shoshone, California 

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      Published on 11-13-2014 03:17 AM

      gas station
      Photo by Peter Thody
      Shoshone is a convenient place to stop for gas and supplies as you're entering / leaving Death Valley from the south on CA-187 and, if you have a few extra minutes to spare, the museum ...
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      Sarah P. Duke Gardens - Durham, North Carolina 

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      Published on 11-12-2014 03:39 AM

      Duke Gardens
      Photo by Ildar Sagdejev
      Duke University is home to a botanical treasure that repeatedly has been named one of the top 10 public gardens in the country. ...
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      Bombay Beach, Salton Sea - California 

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      Published on 11-11-2014 03:10 PM

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      Photo by Peter Thody
      Apocalyptic scenes of mass fish die offs, skeletal, graffiti-covered remains of collapsed buildings; and luminescent algae blooms may seem an unlikely visitor attraction but this dramatically photogenic ...
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      Beatty Museum and Historical Society - Beatty, Nevada 

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      Published on 10-30-2014 12:09 AM

      Beatty Museum and Historical Society
      Photo by Peter Thody
      This busy museum has all the charm and character of the best county museums with exhibits covering everything from Beatty's mining history and that of nearby Death Valley to the stories, memories ...
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      Dante's View, Death Valley National Park 

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      Published on 10-28-2014 12:06 AM

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      With its panoramic, mile-high view over the Death Valley basin, Dante's View is reckoned by many to be the most memorable viewing point ...
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      The Last Supper, Goldwell Open Air Museum - Rhyolite, Nevada 

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      Published on 10-26-2014 12:03 AM

      Goldwell Open Air Museum
      Photo by Peter Thody
      Few visitors driving through the heart of the Mojave desert will expect to happen upon 13 ghostly, life-size figures representing Christ and his 12 disciples but that's ...
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      Ubehebe Crater, Death Valley National Park 

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      Published on 10-23-2014 01:59 AM

      Ubehebe Crater, Death Valley
      Photo by Peter Thody
      Ubehebe Crater is one of those natural wonders that has a genuine wow factor as you pull up at the parking area and look down into its basin. Half a mile wide and 600 feet deep, it was created ...
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      Artist's Palette, Death Valley - Furnace Creek, California 

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      Published on 10-21-2014 12:36 AM

      artists palette
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      The 9-mile, one-way Artist's Drive takes you right into the canyons and dramatic geological formations of the Black Mountains, but none are quite as spectacular, memorable or photogenic as ...
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