Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

New York City's first Modernist house.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

This unusual roadside attraction filled with handcrafted signage is home to a unique church.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.