This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A local cafe and concert venue occupy a 1913 school house.

A 25,000-square-foot display with dozens of model trains in intricate miniature worlds.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

The menus here are a love letter to the culinary history of New Orleans.

A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.

Historical structures and natural wonders await visitors to this preserve.

One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 statue was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.