Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The largest drain hole in the world.