The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

It is the only marker for one of the most famous hate crimes in American history. There are no other memorials for him in the entire state.

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

A trek through the solar system here on earth.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

This Nigerian nature reserve is home to the longest canopy walkway in Africa.

These small, spectacular monkeys are making a comeback after deforestation destroyed much of their rainforest habitat.

According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.

A remote, little-known natural arch in granite in the desert of northwestern Nevada.

The Yiddish language stages a renaissance in a shtetl-inspired cultural center on the San Diego coast.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

A Dutch museum preserves the world's most diverse collection of vertical slices of soil.