Ridgedale, Missouri
Bat Bar in Lost Canyon Cave
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
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Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Chicago, Illinois
An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.
Chicago, Illinois
Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.
Chicago, Illinois
At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.
Chicago, Illinois
A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
St. Louis, Missouri
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
St. Louis, Missouri
A big museum full of little worlds.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Austin, Nevada
Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!
Fallon, Nevada
This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.
Austin, Nevada
This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.
Austin, Nevada
This little-used trail winds through the highest mountain range in central Nevada with sections around 10,000 feet.
Austin, Nevada
US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.
Shirley, Illinois
Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.
Chicago, Illinois
To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
Atlanta, Illinois
While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.
Savannah, Georgia
This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.