One of New York's most iconic authors is strangely honored by this Oklahoma park.

This unusual sculpture honors the city's namesake, Octave Chanute, for his pioneering work in early aviation.

This historical marker is all that remains of Octagon City, Kansas, a failed vegetarian utopia.

It's hip to be square in Iola, home of the largest town square in the United States.

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.

A number of gruesome unsolved murders have turned this simple home into a morbid tourist trap.

How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

Artist Scott Hocking took a dilapidated 1890s barn to create his massive "Barnboat."

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

An art gallery that celebrates Indigenous Maya practices and traditions.

This mural changes every few years.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

A train tunnel that was made obsolete by the dam it helped create.