This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

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

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.