This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

Mine your own precious stones.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

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

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.