There’s less jazz than you might think. Thanks to laws permitting open containers of alcohol outside the lively bars, restaurants, and clubs, the street tends to attract travelers looking to enrich their bloodstreams with near-lethal amounts of alcohol.
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5. Salvation Mountain: A religious shrine in the Colorado Desert of California beckons the pious from all over the planet for pictures, but the zany color scheme and words of faith don’t hold up in reality.
In truth, Salvation Hill could use a religious miracle to make itself as impressive as some photographs make it out to be. It’s just a colorful, 50-yard cliff of desert dirt that gets constantly blasted and worn by direct sunlight.
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6. Hawaii’s Steam Vents: In a sort of ominous beauty, steam creeps up from the Kilauea fauna as ground water drips onto the scalding hot volcanic rocks. The sight looks like something from a fantasy world as the steam drifts above the trees.
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Up close, however, the steam just lazily drifts out of holes that look like sewage drains in the wet, cracked pavement. Hey, you still get a peek at the gorgeous landscape around you, which can’t be said about every Hawaiian attraction…
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