Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.