A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.