A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

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

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

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

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.