Barcelona, Spain
Park Güell
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
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Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
Alexandria, Virginia
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
Washington, D.C.
A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.
Washington, D.C.
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
Washington, D.C.
A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.
Washington, D.C.
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
Prospect Hill, North Carolina
A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.
Hildebran, North Carolina
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Florence, Oregon
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Portland, Oregon
This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.