Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.

One of Hawaiʻi’s largest petroglyph fields contains a number of depictions of people.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.