A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.