The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

America's first federal monument.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a 90 year old passion play.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.