Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.