This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.