A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

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

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.