This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.