The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.

The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.

Queen of the waterlilies, so big and strong it can support the weight of a human.

An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.

This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.

High plateaus and beautiful waterfalls frame this ecologically significant nature preserve.

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

The largest open-air contemporary art center in Latin America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

An out-of-the-way state park in Oregon that features both a picturesque waterfall and the ruins of a hydropower plant.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs still net migrating salmon in the traditional way at this cataract on the Deschutes River.

A highway marker that honors a former spy plane pilot and local hero.