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

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

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

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

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

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

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

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.