A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.