Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

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

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

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

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.