One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

Known as "The Dome" this is the world's largest open air geodesic dome.

Constructed from the ruins of a former glass factory, this park incorporates the old with the new.

The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.

The final resting place of one of the most iconic musicians of the '80s.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.