This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.