Wytheville, Virginia
Big Walker Lookout
A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.
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Wytheville, Virginia
A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Montreal, Québec
Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Willemstad, Curaçao
This living labyrinth made entirely of thorns is filled with art.
Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic
This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.
Nassau, Bahamas
This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
San Nicolas, Aruba
This 15-foot red anchor sits on a rise overlooking the sea lanes of eastern Aruba.
Noord, Aruba
Aruba’s first chapel.
Aruba
See how aloe goes from field to store and discover the history of aloe cultivation in the Caribbean.
Santa Cruz, Aruba
A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.
Noord, Aruba
The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.
Santa Cruz, Aruba
The Ayo Rock Formations stand out on the island of Aruba as a unique arrangement of giant boulders with interesting crawl spaces to explore.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
Rose Hill, North Carolina
The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.
South Boston, Virginia
A collection of abstract sculptures by a former tobacco auctioneer turned outsider artist.
Floyd, Virginia
Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.
Abingdon, Virginia
At one of the nation’s longest-running professional theaters, the audience used to barter for tickets with produce and livestock.