Ames, Iowa
Grant Wood Murals
The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.
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Ames, Iowa
The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.
Pipestone, Minnesota
A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.
Garretson, South Dakota
These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.
Holland, Michigan
Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.
Holland, Michigan
The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.
Port Aransas, Texas
The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Moran, Wyoming
Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.
Harrison, Nebraska
Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.
Stowe, Vermont
Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.
Dallas, Texas
A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.
Baytown, Texas
Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.
Kanab, Utah
This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Leupp, Arizona
Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.