The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

These constructed wetlands naturally filter millions of gallons of treated wastewater every day.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.