Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.

American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

The former home of the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa is now a museum in his honor.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.

A museum dedicated to Latvian history in the heart of Maryland.

Wander through desolate oil fields littered with rigs.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A 1542-foot-long suspension bridge offers scenic mountain views.

Palace, temple, and pyramid ruins mark the ancient Mesoamerican capital of Totonacapan.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

This museum is a music lover's introduction to the iconic venue.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

Near the site where the English Archbishop was born, you can find an emblem in the shape of a pilgrim's badge.

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.