This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

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

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

This massive Art Deco-inspired mural was the world's largest augmented reality artwork at the time of its completion.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

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