This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

This nonsensical smiling boat shuttles passengers between two places they could've easily walked between.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

Built in 1933, this unique ballroom is nicknamed the "floating dance floor."

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

The world champion cow is buried within a historic old asylum.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.