With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

"Polynesia on the Plains."

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

What is the Thing?

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.