Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Small church built in the 19th century for whites and slaves to worship together.

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.