These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The smallest country in the world.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.