A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

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

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

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

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.

This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.