Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

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

A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.