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

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.