The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

When a guy acquired a free church, he hauled it away piece-by-piece to make it the tasting hall at his vineyard.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.