Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.