A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.