The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

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

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

Called the “General Motors of the piano industry,” these buildings once produced as many as 700 pianos a week.

Where the Millerites gathered to watch the end of the world in 1844—and left disappointed.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

A beautiful final resting place with some surprising residents.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.