Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

The figure atop this globe is from a Serbian play about a merchant's travels around the world.

One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.

America's first public lending library began with a gift from Benjamin Franklin.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

This clock tower is all that remains of Bird Hall, constructed by one of the founding families of this Massachusetts town.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.