Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

The largest drain hole in the world.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.