A massive maritime collision may have led to the myth of a resort island's strange financial status.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

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

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

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.