One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

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

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

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

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

An urban laboratory.

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