This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

Mexican food and folk art.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

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

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.