The Kansas City Barbecue restaurant also contains the original piano that was a central part of the famous "Great Balls of Fire" scene.

This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.

One of the most colorful free outdoor attractions in San Diego, this park is filled with murals and ties to history.

A dramatic coastline that’s home to a rare pine tree.

Go deep on these fascinating fish, and get a bonus lesson on the importance of marine conservation.

A secluded hilltop monument marks the final resting place of Lucy, Presidio Park's beloved white deer.

A blast from the past in central San Diego.

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

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

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

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

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

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.