Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

Expertly restored pinball machines as far as the eye can see.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Every December the Wannalancit Mills lights a Christmas Tree over the old mill's smokestack.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.