The national park was once a plantation estate.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

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

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.