This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

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

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.