The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.