A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.