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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.