Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

The world's longest known cave system.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.