Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.