"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

After the state would not recreate this beloved rock formation, three New Hampshire brothers took things into their own hands.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

A permanent open-air exhibition of stunning, and inherently American, public art.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

After James Madison's death, his wife and former First Lady Dolley Madison lived in this yellow building near the White House.