An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

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

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.