The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

The magic's in the hole!

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.