Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

The Hindu god Vishnu is said to have walked at this Hindu pilgrimage site.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

This ”skyspace,” which bears a resemblance to a spacecraft, is designed to disappear in the presence of light.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

This path is named for a mythical half-boar, half-deer creature that once roamed the Green Mountains.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

Nestled among the artifacts of the National Crafts Museum, this hidden gem offers hard-to-find regional foods from all over India.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.