Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

Once a giant oak that served as the region's post office.

Visitors may notice something strange walking through this quaint German town.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

A bronze woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

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.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.