The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.

Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.