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

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

The childhood home of the legendary blues guitarist and singer.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

Did the legendary Scottish knight William Wallace actually take refuge here after a major battle?

The fictional birthplace of the Chief Engineer aboard the Starship Enterprise.

A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.

Unusually, this ancient Iron Age broch has never been excavated.

This hill nestled in the Scottish lowlands was a ritual site for over 4,000 years.

This castle resides in a valley known for immense bloodshed during the Middle Ages.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.