This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

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

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

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

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

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.