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

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.