This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

This ruined fort and statue are a testament to the last king of Kaua‘i’s savvy diplomacy skills, which briefly brought Russians to Hawai‘i.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.