The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

These boots are made for selfies.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

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

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.