Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.

An unusual statue in Wisconsin of the first daily comic strip character.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

A mecca of Mexican art and cuisine just over the border.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.