Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

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

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.