Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

It's estimated that half of the world's gold was mined from South Africa's "golden arc."

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

Largest cave system in Africa.

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

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