Mammoth Lakes, California
Devils Postpile National Monument
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
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Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
New York, New York
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
New York, New York
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Seattle, Washington
Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
San Francisco, California
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
London, England
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
San Francisco, California
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.