At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.

Three nine-foot-tall bathing beauties perched elegantly on life-rings welcome visitors to the Alki waterfront.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

The neighborhood surrounding the memorial was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Louisiana.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

Believe it or not, the now-ubiquitous California avocado originated in Guatemala.

This 329-acre nature park is Lake Washington's largest remaining wetland ecosystem.

Unusual carved mural of “barefoot diva” Cesária Évora, icon of Cape Verdean morna music.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

The ruins of a 16th-century bridge loom over Olivença's sovereignty.