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

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.