Places Edited by Brett Iredell

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

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

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

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

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

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.