Experience the wonders of a pristine night sky in this landscape free from light pollution.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

One of only two remaining steel dams in the United States

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

Rusting hulk stands in testament to the Keweenaw Peninsula’s rich history of copper mining.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.