Nominated by locals

Toadstool Geologic Park

A hidden gem in Nebraska

A miniature badlands of balanced, mushroom-shaped rock formations way out in the northwest panhandle near Crawford, with 30-million-year-old fossils underfoot and a moonscape almost nobody finds.

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