A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

See six states, pickled freaks, rocks, and antiques.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

The 55-pound trichobezoar was removed from the stomach of a cow.

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.