The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

A showcase of engineering might that was also symbolic of westward expansion.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

A former pillar of the Black community in Ellicott City.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

Known as "The Dome" this is the world's largest open air geodesic dome.