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

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.

This Canadian city is actually two-in-one, even if they only respect the timezone of one side.

Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.