Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

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

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

"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.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

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

A land of debatable treasure.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.