This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.