This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

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

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.