At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

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

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.