Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.