A Museum Dedicated to the Heroes That Fight Fire.

A palatial art deco restroom.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

This tiny Minnesota city tried to secede from the Union as a last-ditch effort to fix its crumbling water system.

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

This century-old barn is home to a homey, eclectic film festival.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.