Memphis, Tennessee
The Jungle Room at Graceland
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
Gaffney, South Carolina
The record holder for the world’s largest peach.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
Baltimore, Maryland
The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Dundalk, Maryland
This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.
Athens, Georgia
After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Aptos, California
This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.
New York, New York
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.
Annapolis, Maryland
Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.
New Orleans, Louisiana
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.