The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

This millstone commemorates a gruesome tale that may have been the source of the city's name.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

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

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.