An artifact taken from one of America's shortest wars.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

This historic Massachusetts tavern played a critical role in the start of the American Revolution.

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

Designed to honor all those that work as nurses around the globe.

The final resting place of a free Black soldier who played a pivotal role in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

One was an astronomer who spent his life chasing solar eclipses, the other helped make Emily Dickinson famous.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.