The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

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

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.