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.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

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

There is one corporation registered for every three square feet of space in this inconspicuous office building.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Where the oil industry began.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

Bizarre Cavern.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.

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

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.