This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.