An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.