The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

The world's longest known cave system.