A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.

This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

The world's largest rotating world.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.