One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

This forgotten graveyard in rural New York State once served a pioneering hospital.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruous in rural Vermont.

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