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

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of meters deep filled with blue water.

Twice a day, the water of the Petitcodiac River flows upstream in a surfable wave.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.