Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

Artifacts fill the old headquarters of the hugely influential political movement to ban alcohol in the United States.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.