This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head as he died can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.