This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

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

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.

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

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.