A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

Massive kielbasa stands 42 feet tall and weighs in at 12,000 pounds.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."