This downtown statue pays tribute to the Native American game that gave the city of La Crosse its name.

For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.

This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

It takes a nine-mile hike to reach these hot springs, but weary hikers are rewarded with stunning views and a warm soak.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

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

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

The oldest brick house in the state of Ohio.

One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.

One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 statue was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.