The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.