For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This museum of miniature displays provides a journey through early American history.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

The world's longest known cave system.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

All that remains of the former site of the final home of president Franklin Pierce.

This bronze statue commemorates the life of the first Black American to publish a novel in the United States.

Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.

A mere dot on the map in the great north woods is the first place in America to vote in Presidential elections.

A man killed in a hunting accident is eternally guarded by a granite hound tombstone.

Sites connected to a woman born on a ship and spared by a pirate.

After the state would not recreate this beloved rock formation, three New Hampshire brothers took things into their own hands.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.