A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

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

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

This lake sits on an estimated 4 million tons of salt.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

A 1930’s courtroom where John Dillinger and his gang went before a judge.

One of the largest private collections of cars manufactured by the short-lived Franklin Automobile Company.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.