Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.