This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Six peaceful acres in a residential neighborhood dedicated to art and peace.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A unique work of art that was created without permission.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

Home to the abandoned Tioronda Hat Works Factory, this park is a combination of woodlands and marshlands.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.