This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.

Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.

Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

Now a pedestrian bridge, this was once part of a narrow-gauge railroad that ran along the east coast of Kauai.

A local pineapple cannery once dumped pineapple trimmings off of this pier, with sometimes smelly results.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

This monument built by Japanese American immigrants spent decades underground.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

Though they may seem like simple stones, these rocks represent a ghostly legend.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

This tiny Hawaiian island is slowly coming back to life after being bombed during naval training exercises.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.