At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

The world's longest known cave system.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

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

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

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

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.