The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

Built in 1917, this building is home to the last working spring-loaded dance floor in Utah.

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

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

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.