This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

These boots are made for selfies.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

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

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

What is the Thing?

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.