A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

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

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.