An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

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

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

A museum and apothecary garden devoted to the history of frontier medicine.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.

Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

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

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.