The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

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

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.