A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

The oldest working Brewery in Britain.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

The giantess welcomes travelers to a small Saskatchewan town with a traditional Slavic greeting of bread and salt.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

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

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.