This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

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

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

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

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

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.