This magical oasis in East Texas is one of the most biodiverse acres in the country.

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

A small mountain made entirely of banded iron stone overlooking downtown Ishpeming.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A shrine to the royal lord of all cacti.

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

The life of one of America's pre-eminent painters is frozen in time in the home where he lived, worked, and died.

How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?

Once home to more than 50 displays of freshwater fish.

Centuries-old columns from French monasteries provide structure for this courtyard within an Ohio art museum.

For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.

This soaring sculpture and Sioux Falls landmark represents the leap of faith taken to make one's dreams come true.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

Let Ouray’s tallest waterfall sweep your breath away on a dealer’s choice of scenic hikes.

For 14 years, this former stray dog greeted every train passenger that arrived in Fort Collins.

At this multicultural hub, refugee chefs serve the foods they miss most from home.

Pieces of a stone giant are embedded in the earth of this Colorado park's playground.