The Red Rocks of Sedona is a wonderful place to find a pet.

SUBMITTED BY: Debra Furlong, Mike and Christine     LOCATION: Sedona, Arizona (2011)

Dance for me, puppet!

In the mystical New Age paradise of Sedona, Arizona, where crystals and “positive energy” is sold at every gas station, there’s a small prancing tribe of gnomes who will perform on command.

Savoring the moment....

SUBMITTED BY: Noelle Boc   LOCATION: Charlestown, Mass. (2011)

When you kiss a fish, it is better with your eyes closed?

Rumor has it that smooching with this Fish Sentinel, the official guard of City Square Park near Boston Harbor, will make you grow fins.

(Noelle Boc is a hip children’s librarian and movie reviewer with a passion for bronze.)

Touchy Subject: Nostalgically reaching for signs of Wall Street virility and hopes of a Bull market.

SUBMITTED BY: Aaron Whitehead   LOCATION: New York, NY (2011)

Legend has it that rubbing the brass balls of the Wall Street Bull statue, formally known as “Charging Bull,” will bring good luck to your portfolio.  Is it only a matter of time till the Occupy Wall Street mob attempts castration?

RAGING BULL -- A more dignified view of the Wall Street icon.

BOGGED DOWN -- Channeling the noble cranberry farmer during the Nantucket Cranberry Festival (for more information on the annual Cranfest, click the picture).

SUBMITTED BY: David Meerman Scott LOCATION: Nantucket, Massachusetts (2011)

The big question unanswered at the Nantucket Cranberry Festival: What’s underneath the red tide?

Do cranberry farmers swish around the wet bogs in their bare feet, giving the juice that extra special bite?

(Marketing strategist David Meerman Scott, who blogs at Web Ink Now, most recently scouted out Swedish celebrity shrines for Tacky Tourist Photos).

There's one place where cow worship is more widespread than in India -- the Land of Vermont!

SUBMITTED BY: Ursula K.  LOCATION: Middlebury, Vermont (2011)

So if you’re in the market for a cheese factory, the abandoned Kennedy Brothers property is for sale. Not sure if this eyeless cow will be tossed in the deal, but odds are that she will be living in a University of Vermont or Middlebury College dorm room soon.

(Ursula K recently got sloshed with America’s kite-flying patriot, Ben Franklin).

Artist Tessa Windt gathers inspirational pictures of rainbows from all the corners of the earth. Click the rainbow to learn more about "Rainbow Sightings." (Photo credit: David Tinapple)

SUBMITTED BY: Tessa Windt    LOCATION: Somewhere in Texas (2008)

Are rainbow rays like Skittles or M & M’s?  Do the yellow and green rays taste just like the red and orange ones?

(Tessa Windt found this photo-op during a cross-country drive on Texas backroads. She is also “endlessly attracted to the undulations, mobilities and lethargies of cloth.”)

Total cocoon immersion at The Butterfly Place in Westford, Mass. (Click pic for more details)

SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Garnick and Sarah Ekbatani   LOCATION: Westford, Massachusetts (2010)

There’s no better way to impress the ladies than to engage in some old-fashioned butterfly role play.

(Kyle Garnick and Sarah Ekbatani are hip college students at the University of New Hampshire).

Ewan, Fiona and Cora reel in the catch of their lives. (Click the pic to visit the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, which has the most amazing collection of antique outboard motors and lures!)

SUBMITTED BY: Tim Chapman   LOCATION: Hayward, Wisconsin (2009)

These cute little anglers assume that this giant Sunfish will be satisfied with the worm and not go after the bigger treats at the end of the line.

In addition to fulfilling fishing fantasies, the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame also lets you crawl inside the belly of a four-story concrete and fiberglass muskellunge, better known as the Big Muskie.  Extra points for mocking his facial expressions.

The Hall of Fame's "Shrine to Anglers," The Big Musky can hold up to 20 people in its mouth.

(If you think you’ve caught a world record fish for real, check out the Hall of Fame’s stringent application requirements that recognize sportfishing achievements for 125 freshwater species.)

Anyone know the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?

SUBMITTED BY: Ben and Sarah Cole   LOCATION: Glenwood Caverns, Colorado (2011)

At the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park and Historic Fairy Caves, all is not magical.  The best part of this classic Tacky Tourist Photo? — it’s the acting, of course!

Posing for a Tacky Tourist Photo requires stage presence and sharp improvisational skills.

Great job, Ben!  Looks like you could be the next James Franco.

(Ben and Sarah Cole previously shared their goofy visit to the Field of Dreams movie site in Iowa).

Tee-Hee! Who cut the cheese at Old Faithful?

SUBMITTED BY: Tamar M.  LOCATION: Yellowstone National Park, Montana (2009)

If Yellowstone Park were South Park, here’s what the tourism poster model would look like. More proof that deep within each and every one of us is the spirit of an 11-year-old boy!

(You can recreate this pose in the privacy of your own home with the Old Faithful 24/7 Webcam.)