The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

The magic's in the hole!

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

The history and future of cannabis.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.