After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

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

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

This jail once controlled by the Japanese military now sits abandoned on a remote Pacific island.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

An industrial waste tourist attraction.

Beautiful views of the surrounding hills and birds of prey can be found at this sanctuary.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

A local prank turned town icon.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.

Enjoy the waters of this half-moon-shaped natural pool surrounded by breathtaking scenery.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.