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

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

A seven-story wooden coal tipple stands this former mine, the last of many that once covered this area.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

A stone troll guards the hike that leads to this waterfall.

When North America was covered in ice, this was an oasis in the frozen desert.

Huge spherical rocks in the middle of the prairie.

Blackfoot petroglyphs of southern Alberta which date back as far as 7000 B.C.

One of the largest collections of carriages, buggies, and wagons in the world.

A majestic hotel that also stands as a historic relic.

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.