A statue of the early navigator stands overlooking the land he first surveyed.

This historic lighthouse has been reincarnated as the perfect picnic place.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

From this isolated strip of land in Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.