The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.