The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

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.