This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."