Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

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

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

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

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

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

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.