The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

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

Moonbows over Kentucky.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

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

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.