This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.