In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

Flaunt your karaoke chops at this pitch-perfect dive bar.

Feast on kebabs, dips, and house-made breads in the heart of Nashville’s Little Kurdistan.

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Wander among the gravestones in this historic border town.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.