A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

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

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

At this multicultural hub, refugee chefs serve the foods they miss most from home.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

Comprised of Spanish war cannons, this sculpture once graced the bow of a WWI warship.