A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Four tons of weapons merge together in a memorial against violence.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

An urban laboratory.

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

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."