Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

A restored 114-year-old railroad station heralded as the most photographed depot in the United States.

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

A magical oasis in the middle of the Negev Desert.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.