The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.