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

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.