This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, this park remembers the famous raid of General Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his soldiers.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

Get your gift of the gab on Route 66.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.

A tribute to the students and teachers who lost their lives during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.