A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

The headquarters of the prestigious World Food Prize celebrates the heroes in the fight against hunger, has no cafeteria.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

This stunning, technicolor array of geysers has occupied Ferril lake since 1908.

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

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

Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.

A unique auditory experience right on the sidewalk.

A mural and a few historical markers commemorate Denver's once-thriving Chinatown, which was obliterated in a racist riot.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

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

A giant fiberglass catfish welcomes visitors to this Wisconsin river town and heralds its annual Catfish Days festival.

An authentic Dutch windmill, built in the Netherlands and shipped to Wisconsin.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.