Ouray, Colorado
Box Canyon Falls
A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.
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Ouray, Colorado
A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.
Oaxaca, Mexico
An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.
Oaxaca, Mexico
In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.
Boulder City, Nevada
See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.
Sells, Arizona
The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.
Whitby, England
This historic castle was already in ruins by the 13th century.
Austin, Nevada
US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Pella, Iowa
An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Boise, Idaho
This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.
Boise, Idaho
The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.
Three Forks, Montana
For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.
Three Forks, Montana
These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.
Lincoln, Montana
A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.
West Yellowstone, Montana
The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."
Ajo, Arizona
A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.
Dateland, Arizona
Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Jordan Valley, Oregon
A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.
Fort Worth, Texas
The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.
Medicine Bow, Wyoming
A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.