Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

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

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.