Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.