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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.