A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

The only mill in the state that features a covered bridge.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

Crystal clear, drinkable mountain spring water by the side of the road.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This cemetery is one of the last remaining traces of a drowned old Western town.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A once celebrated industrial wonder now lurks in a quiet corner of Flathead Lake.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

A colossal concrete penguin announces this Montana town as the coldest spot in America. But is it really?

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

A classic theatre located along a desolate Montana road.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

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

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

Visit a church sculpted from hardened lava.