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

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The magic's in the hole!

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Set sail on a small scale.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.