This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

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

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

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

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

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

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

The whole world in one water tank.