A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

A unique collection of Western and Japanese-style graves.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.