The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.

At a mile long, the Fort Madison Bridge is the largest double-decker swing-span bridge in the world.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.