The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

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

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.