This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A small park honors the legendary Ukrainian poet.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

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

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This suburban park recalls the history of a famous tavern. Despite the name, it's no ordinary place!

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

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

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.