A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of glass paperweights.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.