Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.