In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

This hotel has hardly changed in over a century, like a time capsule of old Oregon.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

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 house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.