This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

The Tallahassee Airport serves over half a million passengers a year and is home to some permanent residents too.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.