Locals often dress this effigy of Traverse City's founder in festive outfits.

A 12-foot sculpture serves as a constant reminder of the importance of protecting and restoring the Boardman River.   

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.