These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

This historic hotel has hosted the likes of Babe Ruth, Jimmy Carter, and the Vanderbilts.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Play over 120 retro arcade games and pinball machines at this throwback museum.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

Could it have picked a better place to land?

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

The second oldest and longest of Delaware's three covered bridges.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.