The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.