The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.