The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Located in the large-scale shopping mall is an otherwise unassuming aquarium featuring species native to Okinawa waters.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

Take a dip beneath the stalactites in this amazing cenote.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.