It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

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 one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.