An American industrialist hoped this nature preserve could help save the North American bison.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Delaware's first railroad lasted only five years and spanned only 16 miles, but its ticket office has survived for two centuries.

A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.

A larger-than-life dedication to the famous lumberjack and his loyal ox.

A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

A glimpse of the Pacific Northwest‘s indigenous culture in Washington, D.C.

Come for the history lesson, stay for the mule-pulled boat rides.

Among the may artifacts on display is a clock made of 50,000 individual pieces of wood.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.

The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.

A former pyramid-shaped library with colorful murals lies just across the bay from Old San Juan.

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

Puerto Rico's once thriving oil company is now an abandoned wonderland of rusty steel.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.