A copy of the famous bus used during the filming of 'Into the Wild' is on display at an Alaska brewery.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Not your typical pet cemetery.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

An unprepossessing storage reservoir in southern Utah has a checkered past.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.