L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

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

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

"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."

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.