This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

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

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."