This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of Northern New Mexico's geology.