An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

The largest drain hole in the world.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.