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

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.