Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The only United States mine for magnesium carbonate has been operating continuously since the 1930s.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.

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

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

This often-overlooked canyon dazzles and intrigues with its many layers of colors, shapes and odd formations.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.