"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

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.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

The world's smallest drawbridge.

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.