Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

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

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.