This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

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

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.

One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.

Years of neglect and nature took a toll on this 19th-century lighthouse.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.