A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

The handsome statue is a tribute to the post riders who traversed 52 miles of tough Arizona terrain.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.