Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An urban laboratory.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.