The Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, Iowa, is the world's largest man-made grotto, created over 42 years by Father Paul Dobberstein, a German immigrant priest.
Tonopah Station Hotel is a comfortable, modern lodging spot in Tonopah, Nevada, USA, located midway between Reno and Las Vegas on the main drag, blending historic mining town charm with contemporary amenities like spacious rooms, high-speed WiFi, flat-screen TVs, and an RV park.
Tampa Bay Downs is Florida's premier Thoroughbred horse racing track located in Oldsmar, just outside Tampa, opened in 1926 as Tampa Downs by investors Harvey Myers and Matt J. Winn, later renamed Sunshine Park and Florida Downs before its current name in 1980.
Wild Rose Casino & Hotel Jefferson is a commercial gaming and entertainment venue owned and operated by Wild Rose Entertainment in Jefferson, Iowa, located at 777 Wild Rose Drive just off Highway 30 in central Iowa.
Downstream Casino Resort, owned by the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, sits at 69300 East Nee Road in Quapaw, near the Oklahoma-Kansas-Missouri borders just off I-44, opening its casino on July 5, 2008, and hotel later that year after a $310 million build completed ahead of schedule.
The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh was established in 1947 following a pioneering state appropriation to create a public art collection, which was matched by a significant gift from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
The Riverside Arts Market in Jacksonville, Florida, is a popular weekly farmers' market and community event held every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. beneath the Fuller Warren Bridge along the St. Johns River.
The Centennial Land Run Monument in Oklahoma City's Bricktown Entertainment District is one of the world's largest bronze sculptures, featuring 45 life-and-a-half-sized statues of settlers, horses, and wagons frozen in the chaotic rush of the 1889 Land Run that opened two million acres of Unassigned Lands to non-Indian settlement.
Big Bog State Recreation Area Southern Unit in northern Minnesota near Waskish on Highway 72 serves as the main gateway to the park's 9,459 acres, including proximity to Upper Red Lake and the Tamarac River amid the largest peat bog in the lower 48 states.
Biscayne National Park in Florida is a vast marine sanctuary that covers about 170,000 acres, primarily composed of water, making it the largest marine park in the United States National Park System.
Lake Texoma State Park is a premier recreation area in Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA, near Kingston on the Oklahoma side of the massive 89,000-acre Lake Texoma, straddling the Oklahoma-Texas border and formed by Denison Dam on the Red River for flood control, hydropower, and water supply.
Ketchikan, Alaska, known as Alaska’s “First City” because it is the first major city encountered when traveling north via the Inside Passage, is situated on Revillagigedo Island surrounded by the Tongass National Forest.
Utah's Hogle Zoo, located at the mouth of Emigration Canyon in Salt Lake City, spans 42 acres and houses over 800 animals representing around 139 species.
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site is a 325-acre park along the Ashley River near Summerville in Dorchester County, South Carolina, preserving the ruins of a colonial trading village founded in 1697 by Congregationalist settlers from Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Ocean Shores Beach in Washington stretches along an 8-mile-long peninsula on the Pacific coast, offering expansive sandy shores that are popular for a variety of outdoor activities.
