When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.