It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

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

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

The magic's in the hole!

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.