This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

What is the Thing?

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."