The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A memorial to the most decisive Native American victory of the Plains Indian War.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

Take a selfie with one of the area’s founding fathers.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

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

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.