The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

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