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

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

Here be dragons.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.