Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

A tribute to a unique bike race that takes place every year.

A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.

What’s a sure fire way to end up in jail in New York in the 1920s? Peddling bad moonshine.

Gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc were once extracted at this abandoned mine near Lookout Mountain.

A giant ant model welcomes visitors to an exhibit about symbiotic organisms that live with army ant colonies.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Here, Father Agapius Honcharenko established his homestead, becoming the first nationally conscious Ukrainian to settle in the United States.

A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."

A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.

A quaint village in Western New York named after Alexander Hamilton's beloved sister-in-law.

One of the stops along the fateful journey of the Donner Party.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

Hidden in this little-known town stands a piece of agriculture history.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

A curious statue fit for a mad tea party.

This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.