The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

It would be a crime to miss it.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.