The first lookout in Yosemite.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

Working compound meant to allow visitors to reclaim the values and traditions of the past.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

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