The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.