What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.