A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

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

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

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Venture into the hideout of one of Hong Kong's legendary pirates.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

One of New York's most iconic authors is strangely honored by this Oklahoma park.