Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

A collection of thousands of pieces of unique, colorful glass made in this Ohio town.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.

One of the most popular brands of glass among collectors, the story of the A.H. Heisey & Company glassmaker is told in this Newark museum.

Constructed from the ruins of a former glass factory, this park incorporates the old with the new.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

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

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary.