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Skylights on the exterior porch made of red cypress.

Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania

Kentuck Knob

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

Fallingwater over the falls

Mill Run, Pennsylvania

Fallingwater

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

CC license some rights reserved by Ron Schott

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown Flood Museum

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

Monongahela Incline

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Monongahela Incline

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Santa Claus Village Square

Rovaniemi, Finland

Santa's Hometown

This Finnish town on the Arctic Circle is trademarked as the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.

The Helsinki Observatory.

Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki Observatory

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

Seurasaari Open Air Museum.

Helsinki, Finland

Seurasaari Open Air Museum

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

The "Russalka" Memorial

Tallinn, Estonia

The "Russalka" Memorial

The first monument in Estonia that was made by an Estonian sculptor.

The Chopin Bench

Tallinn, Estonia

The Chopin Bench

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

Smoke Hole Caverns

Cabins, West Virginia

Smoke Hole Caverns

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

Dolly Sods Wilderness has 47 miles of trails, many of which follow old railroad grades and logging roads.

Davis, West Virginia

Bear Rocks Preserve

A windswept sandstone overlook offers sweeping views across an ancient plateau.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
The ruins of Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon.

Nageezi, New Mexico

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Aztec Ruins National Monument

Aztec, New Mexico

Aztec Ruins National Monument

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Yucca House

Cortez, Colorado

Yucca House

Most of this “research national monument” still lies buried beneath the earth.

Flag atop Independence Monument

Redlands, Colorado

Independence Monument

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

The Gunnison River is festooned by majestic steep cliffs in glorious winter light.

Montrose, Colorado

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

The creek lays at the feet of a series of dramatic sand dunes.

Alamosa, Colorado

Medano Creek

A picturesque (all-natural!) beach in a landlocked state.

Zapata Falls in the San Luis Valley in Colorado. June 2023 photograph after relatively wet spring - some of the winter ice sheet is still present and visible in the upper left.

Alamosa County, Colorado

Zapata Falls

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

Looking down Lake Como road at sunset

Blanca, Colorado

Lake Como Road

The worst road in Colorado is the main gateway to some of its highest peaks.

Capulin Volcano

Des Moines, New Mexico

Capulin Volcano

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Fort Union National Monument

Watrous, New Mexico

Fort Union National Monument

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Pecos Pueblo

Pecos, New Mexico

Pecos National Historical Park

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Pigeon's Ranch

Glorieta, New Mexico

Pigeon's Ranch

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

Large panel of diverse figures on several basalt boulders.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Petroglyph National Monument

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

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