The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

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

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

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

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

On a college campus in the Oklahoma panhandle a museum honors the last piece of the contiguous United States to be classified as No Man's Land.