Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

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

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

This controversial, abstract sculpture is meant to represent an Aztec warrior.

Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.