The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

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

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

"Polynesia on the Plains."