The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.

Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

A land of debatable treasure.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.