In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.