A modest Alabama recording studio where some of music’s biggest voices found their sound.

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

This former prison is an Art Deco masterpiece with a past full of civil rights flashpoints.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

It's been called “Detroit’s largest art object.”