Oldest building in California still in use.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.