A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.

Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.

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

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.