A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.