Big Trees, California
The Discovery Tree
California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.
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Big Trees, California
California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.
New York, New York
Home to a dizzying array of letterpress blocks with a rich history.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.
Salford, England
The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.
Lee Vining, California
Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.
Monson, Maine
The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.
Water Mill, New York
Once the center of food production for this small town.
Sebastopol, California
Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.
Marietta, Pennsylvania
An industrial waste tourist attraction.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.
Leeds, England
This device was crucial to the Industrial Revolution development of Leeds.
Washington, D.C.
The last remaining building in Washington, D.C., built by H.H. Richardson, one of America's most iconic architects.
Fredericktown, Missouri
These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.
Chinle, Arizona
Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.
Bélesta, France
Every half hour, the flow of this unusual spring cycles between a rush of water and barely a trickle.
Jevnaker, Norway
The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.
Los Angeles, California
Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.
İzmir, Turkey
This elevator was built in 1907 to connect two neighborhoods separated by a steep, rocky cliff.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.
La Palma, Spain
The longest eruption in the history of La Palma originated with this volcano in September 2021.
New York, New York
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
Street, Maryland
Slated for demolition, this house was relocated piece by piece.