The world’s largest permanent desert lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A comprehensive museum dedicated to Africa's oldest modern republic.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

One of the deepest blue holes in the world.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.