A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.