This picturesque beacon was built to keep boats safe shortly after the Civil War.

Swing by this brightly painted former cannery on the water for a crash-course in local boating history.

Check out the Heidelberg printing presses in the workshop of an artist known for documenting the natural world on greeting cards.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

This multisensory alley has the ability to remind bustling citygoers to stop and smell the roses.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

This sculpture is a cross between an observatory and an earth mound to honor the community's rich history.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

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

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

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

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

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

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

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

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

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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

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

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.