Sequoia National Park, California
General Sherman
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
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Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
Brooklyn, New York
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Green Valley, Arizona
America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
New York, New York
This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.