The van that carried William Least-Heat Moon through the journey documented in the book 'Blue Highways' sits in the Mizzou archeological museum's storage.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

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

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

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.