This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

A eight-foot-tall statue resides in the heart of Pennsylvania anthracite coal country.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.