Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

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.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.