This former county courthouse was originally an opulent hotel and entertainment venue.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

Yup, that's where the name came from.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

This is one really big nut.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.