The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.