This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

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

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

A dozen cast iron leopards stand guard along the length of Aberdeen's Union Bridge.

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

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.