The Brigadier General was so afraid of being buried alive that he had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum, just in case he woke up.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Small church built in the 19th century for whites and slaves to worship together.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.