One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

This restaurant is proud to be built atop a burial ground.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.