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The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

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

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

At this site, two historic stone bridges spanning the Sing Sing Kill—one right on top of the other.

The fin-tastically detailed headquarters of the National Fisheries Development Board.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.