There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying the Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

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

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

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

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

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

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

A stretch of New Hampshire lake water is the only ice runway in the lower 48 states that is FAA-approved.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.