This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.