Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

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

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

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

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.