One dedicated priest constructed this beautiful stone grotto by hand from 1926-1933.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

This Boy Scout retreat acted as "Friday the 13th"'s original Camp Crystal Lake.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.