Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

Everything good comes from Uranus

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.