Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

The man who wasn't there.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

This small museum tells the story of Fort Worth's first and largest superstore.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

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

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

A tidal bore with its own festival.

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.