Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

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

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Cockroach Museum features roach celebrities and live hissing cockroaches.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.