A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A replica that won't float away.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.