A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

This museum holds not just a world class collection of firefighting artifacts and gear but even the region's first fire station itself.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

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

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families