Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

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

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.