The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

This canyon is named for a unique geologic formation where the river vanishes underground near the mouth of the canyon and reappears farther down.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

Evanston's historic railroad complex saved this rail town from reaching the "end of the line."

Named for a prominent scout and explorer, this Wyoming state park encompasses a replica of an 1840s trading post, a 19th-century Army outpost, and early 20th-century automobile lodgings.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

The first mountain submarine had its initial and last voyage in 1898.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Atop the former site of a historic bakery sit two stone tributes to Verona's contribution to traditional Italian baking.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

This medieval castle was reconstructed by Carlo Scarpa.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.