The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.