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

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

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

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

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

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

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

The magic's in the hole!

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

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