This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

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.

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

A series of 33 stone markers maps an ancient 55-mile transportation route.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.

A nine-hole golf course in Pennsylvania hasn't charged a greens fee since its founding in 1914.

An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.