Katy, Texas
Forbidden Gardens
Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.
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Katy, Texas
Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.