The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.