A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

America's first public mental health facility.