Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

Largest cave system in Africa.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.