One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.