So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

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

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

This group of small islands on Lake Nicaragua formed after an eruption of the Mombacho volcano.

Housed in a 20th-century prison, this small museum recounts local Nicaraguan myths.

Located in the mountains of Nicaragua, one man has spent most of life beautifying a massive cliff by hand.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

This is one really big nut.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

This historic high school was saved from demolition to become an island home for Marshall’s creative community.

This family-run joint has been going whole hog for nearly 100 years.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.