A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.

World's largest Christmas store.

Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.

Indiana's first constitution was drafted in the shade of this elm tree in the summer of 1816.

In Indiana's first capital city of Corydon, the original State Capitol still stands among other historic buildings.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton.