This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

This decoration above a door, an unofficial family crest, is said to come alive during the night to try to get free of the stone.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.