Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

Crawfish hand pies, Natchitoches meat pies, and all manner of other sweet or savory, flaky-crusted pastries abound here.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The site where Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was killed by a mob.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.