The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.