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.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

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

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

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

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."