I am ashamed that I fell prey to this tourist trap!
It's called Meteor Crater - located a little east of
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Supposedly, a meteor hit the Earth like 400 million
years ago and made this big hole. Some farmer found
it (the hole, not the meteor), threw a fence around it and
sold tickets to see it. (I can't believe I paid $15 to see it.)
(Click on photos to enlarge - if you are so inclined!)
This is the big 15-dollar hole in the ground!
looking at the people at the bottom right of the photo.
15-dollar hole in the ground. There is also an
astronaut cut-out standing with a cardboard
American flag (I have no idea why!)
of the actual meteor that hit. There are only 3
big pieces of it in the universe, and this is the largest.
You can buy little, dime-sized pieces in the
gift shop (which also is a Subway sandwich shop)
super-nice and you get to see a 7-minute movie and
a museum explaining meteors!