The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

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

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

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

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

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?

Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.