An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

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

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

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

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

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

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

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

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

The world's longest known cave system.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.