The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

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

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a 90 year old passion play.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.