Austin, Texas
Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
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Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Washington, D.C.
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Seattle, Washington
Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.