After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.