This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.