An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.