The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

The highest peak in Puerto Rico is home to a rare fern that can only be found on six trees at its summit.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

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

One of the oldest churches in Romania is believed to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.