Lookout Mountain is a prominent ridge part of the Cumberland Plateau, stretching about 84 miles through Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, with its highest peak reaching around 2,392 feet near High Point, Georgia.
Bodines Casino is a locals-favorite gaming spot in Carson City, Nevada, at the corner of Highway 395 and Old Clear Creek Road, owned by racehorse enthusiast Mike Pegram and built on the site of a former ranch-themed Bodines Restaurant and Saloon that operated for over 20 years.
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park sits on the northern tip of Long Beach Island in Ocean County, New Jersey, guarding the treacherous Barnegat Inlet with its shifting sandbars, swift currents, and shoals that challenged ships heading to New York Harbor.
Shuyak Island State Park encompasses nearly 48,000 acres across most of Shuyak Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago, 54 air miles north of Kodiak, featuring dense old-growth Sitka spruce forests, rugged coastlines, secluded beaches, and extensive sheltered bays ideal for kayaking and boating.
Columbia State Historic Park in Tuolumne County, California, preserves the authentic Gold Rush town of Columbia—once dubbed the Gem of the Southern Mines—as a living open-air museum with nearly 30 restored 1850s buildings including a schoolhouse, firehouses, blacksmith shop, hotel, and saloons where costumed docents demonstrate period crafts like gold panning and candle dipping.
Fort Sisseton Historic State Park in Marshall County, northeastern South Dakota near Lake City and Britton, preserves a Civil War-era frontier outpost established in 1864 as Fort Wadsworth on 35 acres atop the Coteau des Prairies.
Nubble Light, also known as Cape Neddick Light, is one of Maine’s most iconic and frequently photographed lighthouses, located on a small rocky island just off the coast in Sohier Park, York.
Lovewell State Park covers 1,160 acres in Jewell County, Kansas, near Webber on the north shore of the 2,986-acre Lovewell Reservoir, established in 1967 for flood control, irrigation, and recreation by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation with state park management.
Princeton University Art Museum in Princeton, New Jersey, houses over 117,000 works spanning ancient to contemporary art from around the globe, with strengths in Greek and Roman antiquities, Chinese and Japanese art, European paintings from Renaissance to modern, photography, prints, drawings, and growing contemporary collections.
Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in New Hampshire, covering about 69 to 72 square miles and stretching approximately 21 miles long and up to 9 miles wide.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), founded in 1861 and located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a world-renowned university known for its leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research.
Kerry Park is a small, picturesque public park located on the south slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington, offering one of the most iconic views of the city skyline.
The Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island, is a maritime museum dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, which operated from 1878 to 1945 and was famous for producing innovative sailing yachts, including eight consecutive America's Cup defenders.
Manchester Historic Association's Millyard Museum in Manchester, New Hampshire, is located in the historic Amoskeag Millyard and tells the story of the city's 11,000-year history from Native American settlements at Amoskeag Falls to its rise as a global textile powerhouse through the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company.
The National Museum of Funeral History in Houston, Texas, is the largest museum of its kind in the United States, opened in 1992 to educate the public about the cultural, historical, and scientific aspects of death care.
Indiana Dunes State Park in Indiana was established in 1925 to preserve and provide public access to an iconic stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline featuring towering sand dunes, wetlands, forests, and diverse ecosystems shaped by glaciers from the last Ice Age.
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in Kentucky spans over 1,600 acres and is famous for its stunning 68-foot tall waterfall known as the Niagara of the South.