The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

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

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

A graveyard that dates back over 200 years stands near a busy shopping center.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

A 14-foot monument marks the resting place of two of the town's earliest residents—and one unknown soldier.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.