This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The magic's in the hole!

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

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

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.