This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

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

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."