This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

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

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

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

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

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.