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

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

El Paso's only historic house museum is an adobe mansion built by a prominent multicultural borderlands family.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This is one really big nut.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.