The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

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

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.