A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

One of Mother Nature’s geological gems, home to many prehistoric fossils.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

An old bank vault in Atlanta is now the eternal shrine to the King of Rock and Roll.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.