This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

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

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

A plaque on a rock dedicated to a famous, forgotten author, and put in an impossible place.

West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.