An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

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

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

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

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

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

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.