The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

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

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

On a college campus in the Oklahoma panhandle a museum honors the last piece of the contiguous United States to be classified as No Man's Land.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.