A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.

Tucked away in the forest, these giant wooden trolls delight visitors in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

After traveling the world, the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.

A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.

Works from the golden age of Mexican muralism can be found inside a typical city market.

This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.

Dozens of elaborate works of automotive art have been preserved at this Arizona museum.

Rocky outcrops containing overhangs, caves, fissures, clefts, and alcoves that invite exploration and scrambling.

This restaurant is devoted to celebrating Appalachia's cuisine.

A terrace reminiscent of Rome's Spanish Steps is tucked away in a little park in Washington, D.C.

In suburban Maryland, a tree grown from seed flown to the moon stands almost forgotten.

This giant 200-year-old ginkgo is one of the largest in the United States.

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.

The 570-ton boulder that gave a New Jersey town its name.

Tulsa's historic skyscrapers define the oil boom era of Art Deco construction, and are known for their ornate arched lobbies.

A stunning Art Nouveau cinema in the heart of Budapest.

This ancient Roman aqueduct once funneled water to Diocletian's palace.

The head of a legendary lumberjack watches over a river in Maine.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

Constrained by time and topography, this civil engineering landmark was constructed 100 feet above Starrucca Creek over the course of a single year.

This Choctaw/Thai restaurant celebrates Indigenous cuisines from different continents.

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

A neighborhood of houses made of poured concrete through a process invented by Thomas Edison.

In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.