Now a retreat center for the faithful, it once provided training for clergy—but it began as a farm owned by a famed financier and his opera singer wife, who built a surprise in the backyard.

The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.

The poet Walt Whitman was a frequent visitor to this spot, the highest on Long Island.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

Journey through various trails to discover a land before time along the Chazy Fossil Reef.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.