Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.