The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The last Americana on Route 66.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.