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Geneva, Switzerland

Repère Pierre du Niton

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.
McLouth, Kansas

Rock in Road

A rock that was too big to move, so the town just paved around it.
Sudbury, Massachusetts

Sudbury Grinding Stone

Once an integral part of Native American life, very few of these communal New England stones have survived to the present day.
Circleville, West Virginia

Nelson Rocks Via Ferrata

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.
Grainau, Germany

Höllentalklamm

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.
Mochrum, Scotland

Drumtroddan Rock Art

Carved between 3500 and 1000 B.C., the distinctive carvings at this site are poorly understood.
Fackler, Alabama

The Rock Zoo

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.
Moab, Utah

Potash Rd Rock Art Site

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 BCE.
Hamburg, New Jersey

Hamburg Stromatolites

An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.
Nye County, Nevada

Fang Ridge

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Marble Canyon, Arizona

Edmaier's Secret

This hidden gem in Arizona is truly worth the rugged journey.
Oga, Japan

Godzilla Rock

A natural resemblance of the monster of film lore.
Corrie, Scotland

Doctor's Bath

A doctor had this large tub carved into rocks to facilitate easier seawater bathing.
By 1994, the seaweed had died back on Mearns Rock and mussels were elbowing in.
disasters

Alaskans Have Photographed This Boulder for 33 Years

In 1990, a scientist began visually documenting Prince William Sound’s recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. When funding ran out, volunteers took over.
J. Besl June 12, 2023
Braddock's Rock and plaque.
Washington, D.C.

Braddock's Rock

The "Key of Keys" for Washington, D.C. and the apocryphal landing place for the military campaign that started George Washington's career is now at the bottom of a well.
Mina de Mármol
Cuatrociénegas, Mexico

Mina de Mármol

A former travertine mine traces the geological history of this unique desert filled with crystalline blue pools.
Itinerary

6 Ways To See Texas Below the Surface

How to explore the state’s caves, caverns, and fascinating geology.
Brady's Rocks are the southernmost surface exposure of the massive Niagara Escarpment.
Eagle, Wisconsin

Brady's Rocks

These modest Midwestern formations are kin to Niagara Falls' impressive cliffs, more than 600 miles away.