As Ernest Hemingway scribbled notes for stories, he left a lasting impression on this bar: a charred hole where he extinguished his cigars.

World's largest Christmas store.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.