Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.