Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp’s brother, is among those buried here.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Northern Virginia’s iconic Vietnamese shopping center.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

Legendary DIY skatepark where Portland’s best skaters and curious onlookers gather daily.

This gorgeous Peranakan mansion’s family heritage includes a century-old baby gate, which was also used to keep out irresponsible husbands.

Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.

The only building in the western U.S. designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

The largest mausoleum on the West Coast, with over seven miles of corridors, perched on a riverside bluff.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

An unfinished railroad project is now a hidden tunnel.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.