Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.

Concerned residents saved this historic house and garden from demolition.

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

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.