A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.