A stretch of New Hampshire lake water is the only ice runway in the lower 48 states that is FAA-approved.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

These old doors are covered in the signatures of Rehoboth Beach artists dating back to the 1930s.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.