No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.