A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

In 1912, a broken section of the reservoir wall released millions of gallons of water and destroyed many homes downhill.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.