The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This giant fiberglass cod celebrates Madison's self-proclaimed status as the U.S. capital of lutefisk.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

A Winnebago Tribe collection featuring arrowheads, artwork, and a mysterious rock carving.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

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143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.

A humble ode to the heroic air rescue efforts of the United States Coast Guard serving on the Great Lakes.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

A preserved stump is all that remains of the once-mighty hardwood.