It holds a fabulously designed tribute to astronomer Edmond Halley.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.