A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.