Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

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

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.