A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

A majestic hotel that also stands as a historic relic.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

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

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.