The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a 90 year old passion play.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

One-layer pyramid in Indiana.

The chiseled jaw of this forgotten American hero still stands tall in a small Indiana town.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.