The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.

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

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

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

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.