During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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

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

This unusual building straddles two countries.

One car at a time please.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.