Mountain Home, ID

Known simply as Crater Rings, this little-known destination was actually designated a National Natural Landmark in 1980. The site itself is owned by the Bureau of Land Management and is considered part of the beautiful Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA.

One of the few examples of volcanic craters in the continental United States, these symmetrical craters can be found approximately eight miles northwest of Mountain Home. It's definitely the middle of nowhere, but that somehow makes this destination even more magical.

Each crater looks absolutely humongous. The eastern crater is about 3,000-feet across and 350-feet deep, whereas the western crater is about 2,500-feet across and 300-feet deep.

Experts aren't positive how the craters were formed, but they do know that it was caused by volcanic activity. The most widely-believed explanation for them is that they were once lava lakes similar to the famous Halemaʻumaʻu Crater in Hawaii.