The Strangest Places Worth Visiting in North America

The Sailing Stones

The Sailing Stones in Death Valley are quite the mystery. Here, stones that sit in the sand move along the desert floor with seemingly no gravitational explanation. The trails from the rocks last for years, so visitors can see it for themselves.

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The More You Know

  • Holding a sneeze can be dangerous.
  • The smallest unit of measurement in the universe is the Planck length.
  • Only ¼ of the Sahara Desert is sandy.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
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