8 Unique Things to See and Do Across the United States

Arkansas Post is the only place in the state of Arkansas that saw battle during both the American Revolution and Civil War.

A bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of eastern California is the world’s oldest tree (more than 5,000 years old).

Siesta Key Beach near Sarasota, Florida is made up of 99 percent quartz sand and has been deemed the “whitest beach in the world.”

Idaho is one of the few states that straddles two time zones: Everything north of Salmon River is on Pacific standard time, everything south of the river is on mountain standard time.

From blueberries to gooseberries, 30 varieties of edible wild berries can be harvested (by anyone) in the Minnesota countryside.

“Atomic tourism” attracted thousands of people to the desert north of Las Vegas, Nevada to witness the 100 A-bomb tests conducted between 1952 and 1962.

The Walkway Over the Hudson in Poughkeepsie, New York is the world’s longest pedestrian bridge, a former steel cantilever railroad bridge constructed in 1889 that leaps 6,768 feet (2,063 m) across the Hudson River.

With more than 200 reservoirs, Oklahoma boasts more man-made lakes than any other state.