A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

A small museum dedicated to the history and design of German packaging.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

One of the best-preserved examples of an old town lock-up in the country.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A white oak with property rights.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.