Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

This site in Caldwell County is the location where the Cherokee and Catawba are said to have entered a peace treaty.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

An abandoned canal route lies hidden under the streets of Manchester.

These 100-year-old tunnels in downtown Provo house artists, restaurants, and a few surprises.

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The propeller from the first steamship launched on Lake Tanganyika.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

On May 2, 1845, crowds gathered to watch a clown and four geese sail upstream in a bathtub. Then disaster struck.

An artist-run shop filled with art inspired by and made from nature.

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.