New Windsor, New York
Storm King Art Center
100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.
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New Windsor, New York
100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.
Worcester, Massachusetts
The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.
Sutton, Massachusetts
This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.
Petersham, Massachusetts
This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.
Ware, Massachusetts
The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.
New Haven, Connecticut
Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s beloved dive bar and karaoke headquarters where relaxed drinks and high-energy singalongs have defined nights on South Congress for decades
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
Natchez, Mississippi
A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.
Kingston, Arkansas
This impressive ledge seems to float above the Upper Buffalo Wilderness.
Compton, Arkansas
The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.
Orick, California
Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.
Big Sur, California
Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.
Monterey, California
Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.
Monterey, California
One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.
Duncans Mills, California
Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.
Sebastopol, California
Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.
San Francisco, California
Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.