In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.

This large chunk of dark rock is a relic from an ancient volcanic eruption.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The world's largest collection of historic U.S. military naval vessels.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

This colossal underground passage paved the way for large-scale drainage and access tunnels across the U.S., but it almost wasn’t built.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

If it wasn’t for an innovative use of quilts during a crisis, the city of Panguitch might not exist today.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.