A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.