The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

A monument celebrating the Black soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

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

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

An imposing statue of the first prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda stands in the middle of a traffic intersection.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

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

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

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

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

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.