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

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

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

The magic's in the hole!

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

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

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.