These tree-filled acres are also filled with history, hiking and a celebration of Appalachian crafts.

A museum tracing the origins & modern day uses of the classic Scottish tartan, particularly the kilt.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

A unique shopping and dining park created from old shipping containers and filled with local businesses.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.