It's hip to be square in Iola, home of the largest town square in the United States.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.