Chicago, Illinois
Willis Tower Glass Platform
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
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Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A 19th century bank turned into a 6-story immersive art experience.
San Diego, California
Listen to the sounds of the Earth moving along the Rose Canyon Fault.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.
San Diego, California
An eye-catching model town in a San Diego backyard.
The Hague, Netherlands
A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.
The Hague, Netherlands
Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.
Leiden, Netherlands
An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This subterranean studio is filled with fascinating kinetic art.
Three Rivers, California
These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.
Hume, California
This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The largest known adobe office building, emulating in style and layout the forms of traditional adobe architecture common to the region.
California
An improbable creek near Death Valley, not far from the oldest surviving Euro-American structure in the Mojave Desert.
Morgan City, Louisiana
The only place in the world where the general public can walk aboard an authentic offshore drilling rig.
Green Mountain Falls, Colorado
A James Turrell Skyspace located in the mountains of Colorado.
Port Eynon, Wales
This tall stone wall with no door and ill-matched windows was built centuries ago, and used as a shelter for domesticated pigeons.
Brussels, Belgium
The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.
Chicago, Illinois
The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.