A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

Population: 1.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.