Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

This lake sits on an estimated 4 million tons of salt.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

Journey through various trails to discover a land before time along the Chazy Fossil Reef.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

An interesting look into 18th-century American history.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

This small museum contains fossils from an era when Kansas was underwater.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.