Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

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

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.