Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.

Kayak out to a floating restroom.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

Featuring a Loretta Lynn display and a re-created coal mine exhibit.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

Sip colonial-era cocktails at this monthly recreation of a 1740 watering hole.

Eccentric sculptures made from repurposed materials peppers this former farm.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.