Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Park filled with machinery that drove the southern agriculture and oil industries forward.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.