Home to the oldest operating roller coaster in the Southern Hemisphere.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.

A copy of the famous bus used during the filming of 'Into the Wild' is on display at an Alaska brewery.

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

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.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

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

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.