This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

This vintage gem is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built movie palaces in Scotland.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

A formerly derelict railway workshop is home to a new world-class contemporary art museum in Central Mexico.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

An outdoor installation of 20 vintage signs that once hung in front of businesses throughout town.

A historic hotel library in Indiana hides more than a few secrets on its shelves.

Oldest building in California still in use.