Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

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

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

A factory in Milwaukee where poop is reclaimed… and recycled.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.