Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

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.

A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.