Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.