This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.

A copy of the famous bus used during the filming of 'Into the Wild' is on display at an Alaska brewery.

This often-overlooked canyon dazzles and intrigues with its many layers of colors, shapes and odd formations.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.