The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

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

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

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.

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.

One car at a time please.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.