A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

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

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

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

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.