This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Near the summit of Mount Washington, a stone monument remembers a life lost to one of the mountain's infamous storms.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

A larger-than-life dedication to the famous lumberjack and his loyal ox.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.