This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

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

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

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

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.