Forests

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.

This mountainside open-air museum was built from the ashes left behind by a devastating fire.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

It might look like just a pile of sticks—because it is. But there's a dark history to how this stack got its start.

On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Virgin Islands from the top of this observation tower built in the 1960s.

Deep in the Ocala National Forest, a lonesome 19th-century grave.

The first lookout in Yosemite.

A chimney and a plaque are all that remains of a logging camp that once cleared out a large swath of Minnesota's old-growth forest.