The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.