Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

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

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.