Places Adjuster Wants to Go

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

Although not officially the world's tallest bin, this giant trash receptacle was designed to stop littering.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

The "Key of Keys" for Washington, D.C. and the apocryphal landing place for the military campaign that started George Washington's career is now at the bottom of a well.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

A larger-than-life dedication to the famous lumberjack and his loyal ox.

A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

This small museum houses rare airplanes from aviation's golden age.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Starting in 1961, Brookhaven National Labs regularly irradiated a section of forest with a canister of Cesium-137 to study the effects of hard gamma radiation on an ecosystem.

A tribute to the hard-working men and women of Grumman, who crafted F-14 fighter jets.

The first commercial nuclear power plant constructed on Long Island.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

This house was used by the FBI to broadcast disinformation to the Nazis during World War II.

A shrine to the royal lord of all cacti.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.