A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

A beautiful waterway tucked in the corner of a power plant.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.