The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

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

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

The final resting place of one of Thomas Jefferson's formerly enslaved sons.

Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.