A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

Only a few signs remain of the buried Colorado mining town that supplied the uranium for the first atomic bomb.

Inside this shop, visitors are treated to a unique blend of natural history and art.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

Open-air cremations in Colorado's self-proclaimed spiritual mecca.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.