A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

At the site of the most dangerous crossings on the Oregon Trail, a museum explores the complex history of westward migration in America.

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

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

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

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

A memorial to the most decisive Native American victory of the Plains Indian War.

Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

The world's largest mineral hot springs is home to a herd of bison, a free public bath house, beautiful mineral formations, and a terrifying swinging bridge.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

This remote river crossing was a popular campground on American westward expansion trails, and a former Pony Express station.

This canyon is named for a unique geologic formation where the river vanishes underground near the mouth of the canyon and reappears farther down.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.