Castle Crags State Park, located along Interstate 5 near Castella in Northern California between Dunsmuir and Redding, spans 5,448 acres featuring dramatic 6,000-foot granite spires formed over 170 million years ago, rising sharply from the Sacramento River valley.
The Free Gondola connecting Telluride and Mountain Village in Colorado is a unique public transportation system offering a 12-minute scenic ride across the San Juan Mountains.
Red River State Recreation Area in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, occupies 1,200 acres along the Red River of the North and Red Lake River as a flood buffer created after the devastating 1997 flood that prompted home buyouts and land reclamation.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Missouri, is a stunning example of Romanesque and Byzantine architecture, designed by the firm Barnett, Haynes & Barnett with construction beginning in 1907 and completion of the main structure in 1914.
The Sunsphere in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a 266-foot tall steel structure topped with a 75-foot gold-colored glass sphere, built as the iconic symbol for the 1982 World's Fair held in the city.
William C. Sterling State Park is a 1,300‑acre Michigan state park along the Lake Erie shoreline a few miles north of Monroe, just south of the Ohio border and about an hour from Detroit.
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum, located on the University of Chicago campus in Chicago, Illinois, is a world-renowned archaeological museum focused on the ancient Middle East.
Machimoodus State Park is a 300-acre public recreation area located in East Haddam, Connecticut, situated along the scenic Salmon River and Salmon River Cove.
Westport-Union Landing State Beach stretches over three miles of rugged, scenic coastline north of Westport in Mendocino County, California, along Highway 1, featuring rocky shores, small sandy pockets at Howard Creek, and ocean bluffs with panoramic views.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science, established in 1900 in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest natural history and science museums in the United States, occupying over 700,000 square feet in City Park.
Viking Lake State Park covers 1,000 acres in Montgomery County near Stanton, southwest Iowa, USA, centered on a 136-acre lake built in 1957 that reaches 44 feet deep with 4.5 miles of shoreline stocked for fishing crappie, bluegill, bass, bullhead, and catfish from six jetties.
Alafia River State Park covers over 6,000 acres near Lithia in central Florida, USA, on land reclaimed from phosphate mining that opened to the public in 1998, featuring dramatic hills, lakes, and the South Prong of the Alafia River amid eight natural communities like scrub, xeric hammock, and bottomland forest.
Unity Lake State Recreation Site is a 39-acre green oasis in Oregon's high desert along the shores of Unity Reservoir in Baker County, near Unity off Highway 245, about 50 miles east of John Day.
San Juan Island National Historical Park in Washington preserves two key military camps, American Camp and English Camp, that were central to a peaceful boundary dispute known as the Pig War between the United States and Great Britain in 1859.
Spinney Mountain State Park is a Colorado state park in Park County’s South Park region, centered on the 2,500‑acre Spinney Mountain Reservoir at about 8,710 feet elevation along the Middle Fork of the South Platte River.
Salisbury House and Gardens in Des Moines, Iowa, is a stunning historic mansion built between 1923 and 1928 by cosmetics magnate Carl Weeks and his wife Edith, modeled after the 15th-century King’s House in Salisbury, England.
Camp Hancock State Historic Site in Bismarck, North Dakota, was established in 1872, originally named Camp Greeley, to protect the crews building the Northern Pacific Railroad.
