Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.