Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

Deep in the Ocala National Forest, a lonesome 19th-century grave.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.