The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

A diorama lover's dream world.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

More than 150 working bells from churches and one-room-schoolhouses across the Great Plains are assembled in one man's yard.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.