Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a 90 year old passion play.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.