A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

The remnants of Peoria's proud baseball past stand slightly abandoned, but not forgotten.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

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

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.