This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

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

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Outsider art meets hard scrabble mountain life in this woodcarver's home/art piece.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Yo, Adrian!

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.