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.

Where Eunice Williams was murdered by natives, and where locals say her ghost still haunts.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

The stoutest tree in the world.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.