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

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

This Upstate New York park squeezes a lot of history into its two-acre triangular space.

A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

West Virginia’s largest bog is home to rare carnivorous plants.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

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

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

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