This hill is all that remains of Cambridge’s former castle.

An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

Mexican food and folk art.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

The first project by the Bureau of Reclamation illustrates both the upsides and downsides of reclamation.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A Native American petroglyph, the site of an emigrants' waystation, and the ruins of an early 20th-century sheep camp are all found at this crossroads.

Eccentric sculptures made from repurposed materials peppers this former farm.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Ride on a fully-restored Nike nuclear-tipped missile elevator from the Cold War.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.