In the heart of Little Sweden USA, a small gallery and museum pays tribute to a Swedish-born artist who fell in love with the American landscape.

The ruins of the northernmost pueblo in the Americas tell the story of a mixing of native cultures.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

This old-school soda shop is the home of the Tin Roof Sundae, a concoction dripping in chocolate, marshmallow, and peanuts.

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

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A preserved stump is all that remains of the once-mighty hardwood.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

For one month, the fields and skies of Gibbon, Nebraska, come alive with one of the largest gatherings of sandhill cranes in North America.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

This 1854 courthouse along the Mississippi River has a storied history.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.