A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

This spectacular fault escarpment, a popular hang-glider launch point, extends some 30 miles long and towers about 2,500 feet over the valley floors to the west.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.