This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

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

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

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