This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Bizarre Cavern.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

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

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

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

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.