Dedicated to one of the world's first Black international, athletic superstars.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.