One of the newest national parks, White Sands in New Mexico, is a surreal field of stark white dunes, some up to 60 feet tall. They're not made of sand, but of gypsum.
No passport? No problem. Head to Leavenworth, Washington to feel as if you've been transported to Germany. The town mimics a Bavarian village, complete with an Oktoberfest celebration each fall.
If you're looking to visit this impressive sandstone rock formation in Arizona, near the border of Utah, you're going to have to work for it. Very few permits are issued to visitors seeking to make the six-mile out-and-back hike.
The grand Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, is the largest home in the United States, built for George Vanderbilt in 1895.
Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier holds a secret inside: Beautiful blue ice caves that glow with ethereal light. Fortunately for visitors, they're relatively easy to access.
Located in the Wyoming portion of Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest hot spring in the country and the third largest in the world.
If you came across these buildings and assumed you were in Europe, you wouldn't be entirely wrong. Four historic cloisters from France were disassembled, shipped around the world.
The Bonneville Salt Flats are west of Salt Lake City. This renowned picture location covers 300,000 acres of Utah desert with a flat salt crust over every inch.