A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

The handsome statue is a tribute to the post riders who traversed 52 miles of tough Arizona terrain.

This small memorial is dedicated to the Perryville State Prison firefighters who perished fighting the Dude Fire in 1990.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.