Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

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

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

Natural earth mounds formed in the far north.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."