This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

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

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Downieville's largest Gold Rush structure still standing has one of the longest bars in California.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.