One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

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

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.