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

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.