Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A land of debatable treasure.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Oldest building in California still in use.