The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.