A natural swimming hole that was once a ceremonial center for Mayan priests.

The site of the earliest colonial settlement in the Bahamas started as a place of religious refuge.

A paradise hotel turned from opulent to overgrown.

In the Bahamas sits a lighthouse that is among the last of its kind.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

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

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

Visit a fourth-generation farm and museum dedicated to everyone's favorite fungi.

Welcome to the home of the world's largest typewriter company.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

A monument to the groundbreaking environmentalist sits near the place where she first experienced the sea.

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

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.