This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

What better place to take a seat?

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

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

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.