A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

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

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.