You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

An outsider art studio that created a piece of work so popular they had to turn mainstream.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

An urban laboratory.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.