Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

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

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

This maintained cabin is where Josie Morris, an occasional associate of Butch Cassidy, lived out the last 50 years of her life by herself.

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

The world's largest Holstein cow.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.