The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.