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A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

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