This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.